# cornet
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /kɔɹˈnɛt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt
* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɔːnɪt/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).

#### Noun

cornet (plural cornets)
* A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
    Synonyms: cornet-à-piston, cornet-à-pistons
* A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
* A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
* (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
** 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 Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
* A kind of organ stop.

##### Derived terms

* corneter
* cornetfish
* cornetist
* field cornet
* ice-cream cornet

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2

From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”).

#### Noun

cornet (plural cornets)
* The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
* (obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
* (historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
** 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 45: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.
** 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.14, Dedalus 2016, p. 253:
    This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.

##### Derived terms

* cornetcy

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* Cotner, centro-, corten, creton, cronet, retcon

## French
### Etymology

From corne +‎ -et.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔʁ.nɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cornet m (plural cornets)
* (paper) cone
* (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
* post horn
** 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès, published 2012, page 17:Il tenait à la main gauche un cornet semblable à celui dont usaient les postillons ; en cas de péril, l’alarme serait donnée au patron qui tenait la barre à l’arrière.In his left hand he held a horn like those used by post riders; in case of danger, the alarm would be given to the owner who was at the forward rail.
* (music) cornet; cornet stop (on organ)
* portable inkhorn
* (Switzerland) plastic bag
* ear trumpet

#### Descendants

* → English: cornet
* → Switzerland German: Cornet

### See also

* cornette

### References

* Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

### Further reading

* “cornet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* conter, contre, contré

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* cornette

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cornet; equivalent to corne (“callus”) +‎ -et.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔrnit/, /ˈkɔrnɛt/

### Noun

cornet (plural cornettes)
* A cornet (musical instrument).
* (rare) A triangle-shaped slice of bread.

#### Descendants

* English: cornet

#### References

* “cornet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.

## Romanian
### Etymology

From corn +‎ -et.

### Noun

cornet n (plural corneturi)
* cornel grove