cone

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊn/
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• General-American: /ˈkoʊn/
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• Scotland: /ˈkon/
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• Wales: /ˈkoːn/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -əʊn
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• CMU ARPABET: K OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source.

290 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kon — surface of revolution
• Arabic: مَخْرُوط (maḵrūṭ) — surface of revolution
• Armenian: կոն (kon) — surface of revolution
• Azerbaijani: konus — surface of revolution
• Basque: kono — surface of revolution
• Belarusian: ко́нус (kónus) — surface of revolution
• Bengali: শঙ্কু (śoṅku) — surface of revolution
• Central Bikol: balisungsong — surface of revolution
• Bulgarian: ко́нус (kónus) — surface of revolution
• Bulgarian: конична повърхност (konična povǎrhnost) — surface of revolution
• Burmese: အဝိုင်းထုချွန် (a.wuing:htu.hkywan) — surface of revolution
• Catalan: con — surface of revolution
• Chinese Mandarin: 錐體 /锥体 (zhuītǐ) — surface of revolution
• Czech: kužel — surface of revolution
• Danish: kegle — surface of revolution
• Dutch: kegel — surface of revolution
• Esperanto: konuso — surface of revolution
• Finnish: kartio — surface of revolution
• Finnish: kartiopinta — surface of revolution
• French: surface conique — surface of revolution
• French: cône — surface of revolution
• Galician: cono — surface of revolution
• Georgian: კონუსი (ḳonusi) — surface of revolution
• German: Kegel — surface of revolution
• German: Kegelmantel — surface of revolution
• Greek: κώνος (kónos) — surface of revolution
• Ancient Greek: κῶνος (kônos) — surface of revolution
• Hebrew: חָרוּט (kharut) — surface of revolution
• Hindi: शंकु (śaṅku) — surface of revolution
• Hungarian: kúp — surface of revolution
• Icelandic: keila — surface of revolution
• Ido: kono — surface of revolution
• Indonesian: kerucut — surface of revolution
• Irish: cón — surface of revolution
• Italian: cono — surface of revolution
• Japanese: 直円錐面 (chokuensuimen) — surface of revolution
• Japanese: 直円錐の円錐面 (chokuensui no ensuimen) — surface of revolution
• Japanese: 円錐面 (ensuimen) — surface of revolution
• Japanese: 錐面 (suimen) — surface of revolution
• Kannada: ಶಂಕು (śaṅku) — surface of revolution
• Kazakh: конус (konus) — surface of revolution
• Khmer: កោណ (kaon) — surface of revolution
• Korean: 원뿔 (wonppul) — surface of revolution
• Kyrgyz: конус (konus) — surface of revolution
• Latvian: konuss — surface of revolution
• Lithuanian: kūgis — surface of revolution
• Macedonian: конус (konus) — surface of revolution
• Malay: kerucut — surface of revolution
• Malay: kon — surface of revolution
• Māori: koeko — surface of revolution
• Mongolian: конус (konus) — surface of revolution
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjegle — surface of revolution
• Persian: مخروط (maxrut) — surface of revolution
• Polish: stożek — surface of revolution
• Portuguese: cone — surface of revolution
• Romanian: con — surface of revolution
• Russian: ко́нус (kónus) — surface of revolution
• Russian: кони́ческая пове́рхность (koníčeskaja povérxnostʹ) — surface of revolution
• Scottish Gaelic: còn — surface of revolution
• Serbo-Croatian: stožac — surface of revolution
• Serbo-Croatian: čunj — surface of revolution
• Serbo-Croatian: kupa — surface of revolution
• Sinhalese: කේතුව (kētuwa) — surface of revolution
• Slovak: kužeľ — surface of revolution
• Slovene: stožec — surface of revolution
• Lower Sorbian: kjagel — surface of revolution
• Upper Sorbian: kehel — surface of revolution
• Southern Altai: конус (konus) — surface of revolution
• Spanish: cono — surface of revolution
• Swedish: kon — surface of revolution
• Tagalog: talulo — surface of revolution
• Tagalog: tagilog — surface of revolution
• Tagalog: puntok — surface of revolution
• Tajik: махрут (maxrut) — surface of revolution
• Tajik: конус (konus) — surface of revolution
• Tatar: конус (qonus) — surface of revolution
• Thai: กรวย (gruai) — surface of revolution
• Turkish: koni — surface of revolution
• Ottoman Turkish: مخروط (mahrut) — surface of revolution
• Turkmen: konus — surface of revolution
• Ukrainian: ко́нус (kónus) — surface of revolution
• Uzbek: konus — surface of revolution
• Vietnamese: nón — surface of revolution
• Yiddish: קאָנוס (konus) — surface of revolution
• Albanian: kon — solid of revolution
• Armenian: կոն (kon) — solid of revolution
• Belarusian: ко́нус (kónus) — solid of revolution
• Central Bikol: balisungsong — solid of revolution
• Bulgarian: ко́нус (kónus) — solid of revolution
• Catalan: con — solid of revolution
• Chinese Mandarin: 錐體 /锥体 (zhuītǐ) — solid of revolution
• Czech: kužel — solid of revolution
• Czech: kónus — solid of revolution
• Danish: kegle — solid of revolution
• Dutch: kegel — solid of revolution
• Esperanto: konuso — solid of revolution
• Estonian: koonus — solid of revolution
• Finnish: kartio — solid of revolution
• French: cône — solid of revolution
• Galician: cono — solid of revolution
• Georgian: კონუსი (ḳonusi) — solid of revolution
• German: Kegel — solid of revolution
• Greek: κώνος (kónos) — solid of revolution
• Ancient Greek: κῶνος (kônos) — solid of revolution
• Hungarian: kúp — solid of revolution
• Icelandic: keila — solid of revolution
• Irish: cón — solid of revolution
• Italian: cono — solid of revolution
• Japanese: 直円錐 (chokuensui) — solid of revolution
• Japanese: 円錐 (ensui) — solid of revolution
• Japanese: 錐 (sui) — solid of revolution
• Japanese: 錐体 (suitai) — solid of revolution
• Kannada: ಶಂಕು (śaṅku) — solid of revolution
• Korean: 원뿔 (wonppul) — solid of revolution
• Latin: cōnus — solid of revolution
• Latvian: konuss — solid of revolution
• Lithuanian: kūgis — solid of revolution
• Malay: kerucut — solid of revolution
• Malay: kon — solid of revolution
• Māori: koeko — solid of revolution
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjegle — solid of revolution
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjegle — solid of revolution
• Polish: stożek — solid of revolution
• Portuguese: cone — solid of revolution
• Romanian: con — solid of revolution
• Russian: ко́нус (kónus) — solid of revolution
• Scottish Gaelic: còn — solid of revolution
• Serbo-Croatian: stožac — solid of revolution
• Serbo-Croatian: čunj — solid of revolution
• Serbo-Croatian: kupa — solid of revolution
• Slovak: kužeľ — solid of revolution
• Slovene: stožec — solid of revolution
• Southern Altai: конус (konus) — solid of revolution
• Spanish: cono — solid of revolution
• Swedish: kon — solid of revolution
• Tagalog: talulo — solid of revolution
• Tagalog: tagilog — solid of revolution
• Thai: กรวย (gruai) — solid of revolution
• Turkish: koni — solid of revolution
• Ottoman Turkish: مخروط (mahrut) — solid of revolution
• Ukrainian: ко́нус (kónus) — solid of revolution
• Yiddish: קאָנוס (konus) — solid of revolution
• Armenian: կոն (kon) — anything shaped like a cone
• Central Bikol: balisungsong — anything shaped like a cone
• Catalan: con — anything shaped like a cone
• Cornish: pigorn — anything shaped like a cone
• Czech: kužel — anything shaped like a cone
• Finnish: kartio — anything shaped like a cone
• Finnish: tötterö — anything shaped like a cone
• Finnish: tuutti — anything shaped like a cone
• French: cône — anything shaped like a cone
• German: Kegel — anything shaped like a cone
• German: Konus — anything shaped like a cone
• Greek: κώνος (kónos) — anything shaped like a cone
• Ancient Greek: κῶνος (kônos) — anything shaped like a cone
• Irish: cón — anything shaped like a cone
• Irish: coirceog — anything shaped like a cone
• Italian: cono — anything shaped like a cone
• Kannada: ಶಂಕು (śaṅku) — anything shaped like a cone
• Māori: koeko — anything shaped like a cone
• Portuguese: cone — anything shaped like a cone
• Romanian: con — anything shaped like a cone
• Russian: ко́нус (kónus) — anything shaped like a cone
• Scottish Gaelic: còn — anything shaped like a cone
• Serbo-Croatian: stožac — anything shaped like a cone
• Serbo-Croatian: čunj — anything shaped like a cone
• Slovene: stožec — anything shaped like a cone
• Spanish: cono — anything shaped like a cone
• Spanish: cucurucho — anything shaped like a cone
• Spanish: alcartaz — anything shaped like a cone
• Spanish: cambucho — anything shaped like a cone
• Swedish: kon — anything shaped like a cone
• Swedish: strut — anything shaped like a cone
• Tagalog: talulo — anything shaped like a cone
• Tagalog: tagilog — anything shaped like a cone
• Turkish: koni — anything shaped like a cone
• Ottoman Turkish: مخروط (mahrut) — anything shaped like a cone
• Yiddish: קאָנוס (konus) — anything shaped like a cone
• Southern Altai: чочогой (čočogoy) — fruit of conifers
• Southern Altai: тоорчык (toorčïk) — fruit of conifers
• Armenian: կոն (kon) — fruit of conifers
• Azerbaijani: qoza — fruit of conifers
• Bashkir: тубырсыҡ (tubırsıq) — fruit of conifers
• Basque: pinaburu — fruit of conifers
• Belarusian: шы́шка (šýška) — fruit of conifers
• Bulgarian: шишарка (šišarka) — fruit of conifers
• Buryat: борбоосгой (borboosgoj) — fruit of conifers
• Catalan: pinya — fruit of conifers
• Chinese Mandarin: 球果 (qiúguǒ) — fruit of conifers
• Chinese Mandarin: 松球 (sōngqiú) — fruit of conifers
• Chuvash: йӗкел (jĕk̬el) — fruit of conifers
• Czech: šiška — fruit of conifers
• Danish: kogle — fruit of conifers
• Dutch: dennenappel — fruit of conifers
• Dutch: kegelvrucht — fruit of conifers
• Esperanto: strobilo — fruit of conifers
• Estonian: käbi — fruit of conifers
• Evenki: чумни (çumņi) — fruit of conifers
• Finnish: käpy — fruit of conifers
• French: cône — fruit of conifers
• French: pomme de pin — fruit of conifers
• French: pive — fruit of conifers
• Georgian: გირჩა (girča) — fruit of conifers
• Georgian: გირჩი (girči) — fruit of conifers
• German: Zapfen — fruit of conifers
• German: Tschurtschen (Tyrol, Carinthia) — fruit of conifers
• Greek: κουκουνάρι (koukounári) — fruit of conifers
• Ancient Greek: κῶνος (kônos) — fruit of conifers
• Ancient Greek: στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos) — fruit of conifers
• Hebrew: אצטרובל (itztrubal) — fruit of conifers
• Hungarian: toboz — fruit of conifers
• Icelandic: köngull — fruit of conifers
• Ido: strobilo — fruit of conifers
• Ingrian: kärkkä — fruit of conifers
• Irish: buaircín — fruit of conifers
• Italian: pigna — fruit of conifers
• Italian: strobilo — fruit of conifers
• Japanese: 松毬 (matsukasa) — fruit of conifers
• Japanese: 毬果 (kyūka) — fruit of conifers
• Kazakh: бүршік (bürşık) — fruit of conifers
• Kazakh: бүр (bür) — fruit of conifers
• Khakas: махайах (maxayax) — fruit of conifers
• Khakas: торым (torım) — fruit of conifers
• Komi-Zyrian: коль (koľ) — fruit of conifers
• Korean: 솔방울 (solbang'ul) — fruit of conifers
• Kumyk: томпур (tompur) — fruit of conifers
• Kyrgyz: тобурчак (toburcak) — fruit of conifers
• Ladin: coca — fruit of conifers
• Ladin: piotol — fruit of conifers
• Ladin: put — fruit of conifers
• Latgalian: cierkuzs — fruit of conifers
• Latin: cōnus — fruit of conifers
• Latvian: čiekurs — fruit of conifers
• Lithuanian: kankorėžis — fruit of conifers
• Macedonian: шишарка (šišarka) — fruit of conifers
• Māori: koroī — fruit of conifers
• Eastern Mari: пӱгыльмӧ (pügyĺmö) — fruit of conifers
• Mongolian: боргоцой (borgocoj) — fruit of conifers
• Nanai: сиучихин (siučihin) — fruit of conifers
• Nanai: чимчиктэ (čimčikte) — fruit of conifers
• Norwegian: kongle — fruit of conifers
• Norwegian: kjegle — fruit of conifers
• Persian: مخروط (maxrut) — fruit of conifers
• Persian: چلغوزه (čalĝūze) — fruit of conifers
• Persian: گلوژ (geluž) — fruit of conifers
• Polish: szyszka — fruit of conifers
• Portuguese: pinha — fruit of conifers
• Portuguese: estróbilo — fruit of conifers
• Romanian: con — fruit of conifers
• Russian: ши́шка (šíška) — fruit of conifers
• Scottish Gaelic: duirc — fruit of conifers
• Scottish Gaelic: duircean — fruit of conifers
• Scottish Gaelic: durcan — fruit of conifers
• Scottish Gaelic: cnèadag — fruit of conifers
• Serbo-Croatian: шишарка — fruit of conifers
• Serbo-Croatian: šišarka — fruit of conifers
• Shor: местрик (mestrik) — fruit of conifers
• Shor: торум (torum) — fruit of conifers
• Slovak: šuška — fruit of conifers
• Slovak: šiška — fruit of conifers
• Slovene: stòrž — fruit of conifers
• Spanish: cono — fruit of conifers
• Spanish: estróbilo — fruit of conifers
• Swedish: kotte — fruit of conifers
• Tajik: ҷалғӯза (jalġüza) — fruit of conifers
• Tatar: тубырчык (tubırçıq) — fruit of conifers
• Turkish: kozalak — fruit of conifers
• Tuvan: чочагай (çoçagay) — fruit of conifers
• Udmurt: кускыли (kuskyľi) — fruit of conifers
• Udmurt: ӵыжин (čyžin) — fruit of conifers
• Ukrainian: ши́шка (šýška) — fruit of conifers
• Uzbek: gʻudda — fruit of conifers
• Uzbek: soʻta — fruit of conifers
• Volapük: konüd — fruit of conifers
• Yakut: туорах (tuoraq) — fruit of conifers
• Yiddish: שישקע (shishke) — fruit of conifers
• Catalan: con — photosensitive cell in retina
• Czech: čípek — photosensitive cell in retina
• Finnish: tappi — photosensitive cell in retina
• Finnish: tappisolu — photosensitive cell in retina
• French: cône — photosensitive cell in retina
• German: Zapfen — photosensitive cell in retina
• Greek: κωνίο (konío) — photosensitive cell in retina
• Irish: cónchill — photosensitive cell in retina
• Korean: 원뿔세포 (wonppulsepo) — photosensitive cell in retina
• Korean: 원추세포 (wonchusepo) — photosensitive cell in retina
• Portuguese: cone — photosensitive cell in retina
• Russian: ко́лбочка (kólbočka) — photosensitive cell in retina
• Spanish: cono — photosensitive cell in retina
• Turkish: koni — photosensitive cell in retina