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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːn/
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• Canada, US: /ˈkɔɹn/
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• Australian: /ˈkoːn/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
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• CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As an English surname, from the nouns crane, corn, and quern. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Korn, meaning "grain."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh2- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h2-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h2nóm Proto-Germanic *kurną Proto-West Germanic *korn Old English corn Middle English corn English corn Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h2nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh2- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao. The sense maize (Zea mays) is an ellipsis of Indian corn that developed in 18th century North America.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh2-der. Proto-Italic *kornū Latin cornū̆ Latin cornua Vulgar Latin *corna Old French cornebor. Middle English corne English cornInherited from Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornū. Doublet of corno, cornu, and horn.

From corny.

Rhyming euphemism for porn, and with influence from the emoji substitute 🌽.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: koren — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• Esperanto: greno — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• Finnish: vilja — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• German: Getreide — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• German: Korn — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn) — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• Hungarian: gabona — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• Hungarian: búza — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• Polish: zboże — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• Welsh: ŷd — main cereal crop or staple in a given region
• Southern Altai: аш (aš) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Arabic: غَلَّة (ḡalla) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Armenian: հացահատիկ (hacʻahatik) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Bulgarian: зърно (zǎrno) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Catalan: gra — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Catalan: llavor — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Chukchi: кавкавтыӈачьыԓӄыԓ (kavkavtyṇačʹyḷqyḷ) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Danish: korn — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Danish: kerne — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Dutch: koren — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Dutch: graan — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Egyptian: sSr-Z1-U9:Z2ss (sšr) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Esperanto: greno — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Esperanto: tritiko — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Esperanto: aveno — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Esperanto: hordeo — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Finnish: jyvä — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• French: maïs — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• German: Korn — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• German: Getreide — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• German: Zerealie — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍉 (kaurnō) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Ancient Greek: σῖτος (sîtos) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Ancient Greek: ἀκτή (aktḗ) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Hebrew: דָּגָן (dagán) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Hungarian: szem — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Hungarian: gabonaszem — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Ido: cerealo — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Irish: arbhar — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Italian: grano — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Japanese: 穀物 (kokumotsu) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Kumyk: ашлыкъ (aşlıq) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Kumyk: тирлик (tirlik) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Low German: Koorn — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Low German: Kuurn — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Low German: Korn — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Low German: Kurn — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Lun Bawang: deley — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Macedonian: зрно (zrno) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Maltese: qamħerrun — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Norwegian: korn — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Persian: ذرت (zorrat) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Portuguese: cereal — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Portuguese: grãos — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Romanian: cereală — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Russian: зерно́ (zernó) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Sanskrit: धान्य (dhānya) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Scottish Gaelic: arbhar — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Slovak: zrno — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Spanish: cereal — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Spanish: grano — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Tày: bắp — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Thai: ข้าว (kâao) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Turkish: darı — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Turkish: tahıl — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Vietnamese: ngô — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Zazaki: tene (diq) — grain or seed of a cereal crop
• Catalan: pinyol — small, hard particle
• Catalan: gra — small, hard particle
• Finnish: jyvä — small, hard particle
• Finnish: jyvänen — small, hard particle
• Finnish: rae — small, hard particle
• German: Korn — small, hard particle
• Hungarian: szemcse — small, hard particle
• Zazaki: dendıkê nebi — small, hard particle
• Armenian: կոշտուկ (koštuk) — type of callus
• Bulgarian: мазол (mazol) — type of callus
• Catalan: call — type of callus
• Catalan: durícia — type of callus
• Chinese Mandarin: 雞眼 /鸡眼 (jīyǎn) — type of callus
• Czech: kuří oko — type of callus
• Danish: ligtorn — type of callus
• Dutch: eelt — type of callus
• Dutch: eksteroog — type of callus
• Esperanto: piedkalo — type of callus
• Esperanto: kalo — type of callus
• Finnish: liikavarvas — type of callus
• French: cor — type of callus
• German: Hühnerauge — type of callus
• Greek: κάλος (kálos) — type of callus
• Hungarian: tyúkszem — type of callus
• Ingrian: villi — type of callus
• Irish: fadharcán — type of callus
• Italian: callo — type of callus
• Italian: durone — type of callus
• Japanese: うおのめ (uonome) — type of callus
• Japanese: 鶏眼 (keigan) — type of callus
• Korean: 티눈 (tinun) — type of callus
• Korean: 계안창 (gyeanchang) — type of callus
• Low German: Höhneroog — type of callus
• Low German: Heuhneroog — type of callus
• Low German: Häuhneroog — type of callus
• Macedonian: плу́скавец (plúskavec) — type of callus
• Macedonian: набие́ница (nabiénica) — type of callus
• Macedonian: мо́золка (mózolka) — type of callus
• Maltese: kallu — type of callus
• Manx: aase eairkagh — type of callus
• Māori: tonatona — type of callus
• Norwegian Bokmål: liktorn — type of callus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: liktorn — type of callus
• Persian: میخچه (mixče) — type of callus
• Portuguese: calo — type of callus
• Russian: мозо́ль (mozólʹ) — type of callus
• Slovak: kurie oko — type of callus
• Spanish: callo — type of callus
• Sranan Tongo: adi — type of callus
• Swedish: liktorn — type of callus
• Thai: ตาปลา (dtaa-bplaa) — type of callus
• Turkish: nasır — type of callus
• Ottoman Turkish: ناصور (nasır) — type of callus
• Ukrainian: мозо́ль (mozólʹ) — type of callus
• Woiwurrung: berrpeet — type of callus
• Bulgarian: осолявам (osoljavam) — preserve with salt
• Greek: αλατίζω (alatízo) — preserve with salt
• Macedonian: со́ли (sóli) — preserve with salt
• Portuguese: salgar — preserve with salt