Cornet Meaning
/kɔɹˈnɛt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
nounA piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
Sentence Examples
The cornet player was very skilled.
A cornet is a brass instrument.
He practiced playing the cornet in the school band.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In the marching band, she played a shiny brass ____ during the parade.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ player was very skilled.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them."
— 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
"No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened."
— 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 45:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In the marching band, she played a shiny brass ____ during the parade.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ player was very skilled.