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cornett

name · noun · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːnɪt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːˈnɛt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /kɔɹˈnɛt/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R N IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.

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

History

Etymology

Old French cornet, a diminutive of corne (“horn”), from Latin cornū.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ци́нк (cínk) — wind instrument
  • Bulgarian: ци́нка (cínka) — wind instrument
  • Catalan: cornetto — wind instrument
  • Catalan: corneta — wind instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木管小號 /木管小号 — wind instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蛇形管 — wind instrument
  • Czech: cink — wind instrument
  • Danish: zink — wind instrument
  • Danish: sink — wind instrument
  • Dutch: zink — wind instrument
  • Dutch: cornetto — wind instrument
  • Esperanto: klariono — wind instrument
  • Esperanto: korneto — wind instrument
  • Estonian: tsink — wind instrument
  • Finnish: sinkki — wind instrument
  • French: cornet à bouquin — wind instrument
  • Saterland Frisian: Sink — wind instrument
  • German: Zink — wind instrument
  • Hebrew: קוֹרְנֵטוֹ (korenéto) — wind instrument
  • Hungarian: cink — wind instrument
  • Hungarian: cornett — wind instrument
  • Hungarian: kornett — wind instrument
  • Italian: cornetto — wind instrument
  • Japanese: ツィンク (tsinku) — wind instrument
  • Japanese: コルネット (korunetto) — wind instrument
  • Korean: 코르넷 (koreunet) — wind instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zink — wind instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zinke — wind instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sink — wind instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sinke — wind instrument
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: zink — wind instrument
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: zinke — wind instrument
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sink — wind instrument
  • Occitan: cornetto — wind instrument
  • Polish: cynk — wind instrument
  • Portuguese: corneto — wind instrument
  • Russian: корне́т (kornét) — wind instrument
  • Russian: ци́нк (cínk) — wind instrument
  • Spanish: cornetto — wind instrument
  • Spanish: corneta renacentista — wind instrument
  • Spanish: corneta negra — wind instrument
  • Spanish: corneta curva — wind instrument
  • Swedish: sinka — wind instrument
  • Swedish: zinka — wind instrument