# popcorn
## English
### Alternative forms

* pop-corn, popped corn

### Etymology

Short for popped +‎ corn. By surface analysis, pop +‎ corn.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒp.kɔː(ɹ)n/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Boston, New England) IPA: /ˈpʌp.kɔɹn/, [ˈpʌp.kɒːn], [ˈpʌp.kɔɹn]

### Noun

popcorn (countable and uncountable, plural popcorns)
* (chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
* (chiefly uncountable) A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
* (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
** 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible, page 45:From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side.
* (attributive) A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
** 2002, Betsi Harris Ehrlich, Transactional Six Sigma and Lean Servicing, page 161:With the "popcorn" method, all team members in the session spontaneously call out ideas and a facilitator writes them on a flip chart.
** 2011, Carolyn Jane Bohler, God the What?:As a way to begin the discussion about God's will, you might want to ask the group to do some "popcorn" brainstorming about the pros and cons of believing that everything that happens is God's will.
** 2022, Jill Harrison Berg, Uprooting Instructional Inequity, page 155:Ask: What Twitter-style hashtag characterizes our community? (Use popcorn brainstorming to elicit responses.)
* (humorous) Entertainment for observers.
** 2020 July 10, CGP Grey, 3:55 from the start, in Supreme Court Rules on Faithless Electors in the Electoral College‎:And not at all about how a state picks which group of electors to send, which is the whole basis of the NaPoVoInterCo plan, and will yield plenty more Supreme Court popcorn if it ever gets enacted.
* A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
* A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.

#### Derived terms

* cave popcorn
* grab the popcorn
* piss in the popcorn
* popcorn ceiling
* popcorn chicken
* popcorn effect
* popcorn film
* popcorn lung
* popcorn movie
* popcorn noise
* popcorn pisser
* popcorn popper
* popcorn reading
* popcorn shrimp
* popcorn snow
* popcorn tea
* styrofoam popcorn

#### Descendants

* Georgian: პოპკორნი (ṗoṗḳorni)
* German: Popcorn
* Greek: ποπ κορν (pop korn), ποπκόρν (popkórn)
* Icelandic: poppkorn
* Japanese: ポップコーン (poppukōn)
* Korean: 팝콘 (papkon)
* Norwegian:
   * Bokmål: popkorn
   * Nynorsk: popkorn
* Polish: popcorn
* Russian: попко́рн (popkórn)
* Swedish: popcorn

#### Translations
### Verb

popcorn (third-person singular simple present popcorns, present participle popcorning, simple past and past participle popcorned)
* (of a guinea pig or chinchilla) To stand or jump up quickly.
** 2000, Dale L. Sigler, A Grown-up's Guide to Guinea Pigs, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 58:Popcorning behavior is a fun sight—as long as you know what it is. Otherwise, it can scare you. During this action a pig runs around very fast and suddenly leaps straight up in the air, twitching and squeaking. It then lands and takes off again, often in another direction. This activity shows pure joy. Babies start to popcorn when they are about two weeks old or so—they may try it earlier, but they usually fall down instead.
* To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
* (knitting, rare) To use the popcorn stitch.
** 2008, Leisure Arts, I Can't Believe I'm Knitting Cables, page 9:You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* popkorn

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpopkorn]
* Hyphenation: pop‧corn

### Noun

popcorn m inan
* popcorn

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “popcorn”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English popcorn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔp.kɔrn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pop‧corn

### Noun

popcorn f or m or n (uncountable)
* popcorn
    Synonym: pofmais

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English popcorn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpopkorn/, [ˈpo̞pko̞rn]
* Rhymes: -opkorn
* Hyphenation: pop‧corn

### Noun

popcorn
* popcorn
    Synonyms: paukkumaissi, poppari

#### Declension

Possessive forms of popcorn (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
popcornini
popcornini
accusative
nom.
popcornini
popcornini
gen.
popcornini
genitive
popcornini
popcornieni
partitive
popcorniani
popcornejani
inessive
popcornissani
popcorneissani
elative
popcornistani
popcorneistani
illative
popcorniini
popcorneihini
adessive
popcornillani
popcorneillani
ablative
popcorniltani
popcorneiltani
allative
popcornilleni
popcorneilleni
essive
popcorninani
popcorneinani
translative
popcornikseni
popcorneikseni
abessive
popcornittani
popcorneittani
instructive
comitative
—popcorneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
popcornisi
popcornisi
accusative
nom.
popcornisi
popcornisi
gen.
popcornisi
genitive
popcornisi
popcorniesi
partitive
popcorniasi
popcornejasi
inessive
popcornissasi
popcorneissasi
elative
popcornistasi
popcorneistasi
illative
popcorniisi
popcorneihisi
adessive
popcornillasi
popcorneillasi
ablative
popcorniltasi
popcorneiltasi
allative
popcornillesi
popcorneillesi
essive
popcorninasi
popcorneinasi
translative
popcorniksesi
popcorneiksesi
abessive
popcornittasi
popcorneittasi
instructive
comitative
—popcorneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
popcornimme
popcornimme
accusative
nom.
popcornimme
popcornimme
gen.
popcornimme
genitive
popcornimme
popcorniemme
partitive
popcorniamme
popcornejamme
inessive
popcornissamme
popcorneissamme
elative
popcornistamme
popcorneistamme
illative
popcorniimme
popcorneihimme
adessive
popcornillamme
popcorneillamme
ablative
popcorniltamme
popcorneiltamme
allative
popcornillemme
popcorneillemme
essive
popcorninamme
popcorneinamme
translative
popcorniksemme
popcorneiksemme
abessive
popcornittamme
popcorneittamme
instructive
comitative
—popcorneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
popcorninne
popcorninne
accusative
nom.
popcorninne
popcorninne
gen.
popcorninne
genitive
popcorninne
popcornienne
partitive
popcornianne
popcornejanne
inessive
popcornissanne
popcorneissanne
elative
popcornistanne
popcorneistanne
illative
popcorniinne
popcorneihinne
adessive
popcornillanne
popcorneillanne
ablative
popcorniltanne
popcorneiltanne
allative
popcornillenne
popcorneillenne
essive
popcorninanne
popcorneinanne
translative
popcorniksenne
popcorneiksenne
abessive
popcornittanne
popcorneittanne
instructive
comitative
—popcorneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
popcorninsa
popcorninsa
accusative
nom.
popcorninsa
popcorninsa
gen.
popcorninsa
genitive
popcorninsa
popcorniensa
partitive
popcorniaan popcorniansa
popcornejaan popcornejansa
inessive
popcornissaan popcornissansa
popcorneissaan popcorneissansa
elative
popcornistaan popcornistansa
popcorneistaan popcorneistansa
illative
popcorniinsa
popcorneihinsa
adessive
popcornillaan popcornillansa
popcorneillaan popcorneillansa
ablative
popcorniltaan popcorniltansa
popcorneiltaan popcorneiltansa
allative
popcornilleen popcornillensa
popcorneilleen popcorneillensa
essive
popcorninaan popcorninansa
popcorneinaan popcorneinansa
translative
popcornikseen popcorniksensa
popcorneikseen popcorneiksensa
abessive
popcornittaan popcornittansa
popcorneittaan popcorneittansa
instructive
comitative
—popcorneineen popcorneinensa :

#### Derived terms

* kattilapopcorn

### Further reading

* “popcorn”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

popcorn m (plural popcorns)
* post-1990 spelling of pop-corn

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

popcorn n (definite singular popcornet, uncountable)
* alternative spelling of popkorn

### References

* “popkorn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English popcorn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔp.kɔrn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔpkɔrn
* Syllabification: pop‧corn

### Noun

popcorn m inan
* popcorn (snack food made from maize kernels popped by dry heating)
    Synonym: prażona kukurydza

#### Declension
### Further reading

* popcorn in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* popcorn in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* popcorn in PWN's encyclopedia

## Slovak
### Alternative forms

* popkorn

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɔpkɔrn]

### Noun

popcorn m inan (genitive singular popcornu, nominative plural popcorny, genitive plural popcornov, declension pattern of dub)
* (proscribed) popcorn
    Synonym: (prescriptive) pukance

#### Declension
### References

* “popcorn”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Noun

popcorn m (plural popcorns)
* popcorn
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

## Swedish
### Etymology

From English popcorn. First attested in the early 1950s.

### Noun

popcorn n
* popcorn

#### Derived terms

* popcornfilm

### References

* popcorn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* popcorn in Svensk ordbok (SO)