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cornet

noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /kɔɹˈnɛt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛt
  • UK: /ˈkɔːnɪt/
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO0 R N EH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cornet-à-piston, cornet-à-pistons

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An ice cream cone (the shell itself).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An ice cream cone (the unit comprising the shell and the ice cream).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, broadly, dated

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A kind of organ stop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A hollow horn-like growth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The standard flown by a cavalry troop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: horn, trumpet, trump

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brass, brass instrument

Narrower terms: serpent

History

Etymology

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

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

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: корнет (kornet) — musical instrument
  • Catalan: corneta — musical instrument
  • Czech: kornet — musical instrument
  • Dutch: kornet — musical instrument
  • Finnish: kornetti — musical instrument
  • French: cornet — musical instrument
  • Galician: corneta — musical instrument
  • Georgian: სიმინდი (simindi) — musical instrument
  • German: Kornett — musical instrument
  • Greek: κορνέτα (kornéta) — musical instrument
  • Greek: κορνέτο (kornéto) — musical instrument
  • Hungarian: kornett — musical instrument
  • Irish: coirnéad — musical instrument
  • Italian: cornetta — musical instrument
  • Lithuanian: kornetas — musical instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kornett — musical instrument
  • Polish: kornet — musical instrument
  • Portuguese: corneta — musical instrument
  • Russian: корне́т (kornét) — musical instrument
  • Russian: корне́т-а-писто́н (kornét-a-pistón) — musical instrument
  • Spanish: corneta — musical instrument
  • Swahili: tarumbeta ndogo — musical instrument
  • Turkish: kornet — musical instrument
  • Vietnamese: kèn coonê — musical instrument
  • Bulgarian: фунийка (funijka) — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Dutch: puntzak — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Finnish: tuutti — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • French: cornet — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Galician: caperucho — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Galician: cartiloxo — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Galician: gualteira — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Galician: catavís — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • German: Spitztüte — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • German: Papiertüte — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Irish: coirceog pháipéir — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Maltese: qartas — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Russian: кулёк (kuljók) — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Russian: фу́нтик (fúntik) — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Spanish: cartucho — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Spanish: cucurucho — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Swedish: strut — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Turkish: külah — piece of paper twisted to make a container
  • Finnish: tötterö — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • French: cornet — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Galician: catavís — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Galician: cartucho — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • German: Eistüte — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • German: Eishörnchen — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kremmerhus — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Polish: rożek — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Russian: рожо́к (rožók) — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Spanish: cono — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Spanish: cucurucho — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Turkish: külah — pastry shell to be filled with ice cream
  • Finnish: kornetti — troop of cavalry
  • Malay: kornet — troop of cavalry
  • Finnish: kornetti — kind of organ stop
  • Finnish: kornetti — military officer
  • French: cornette — military officer