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cornetto

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːˈnɛtəʊ/
  • General-American: /kɔɹˈnɛtoʊ/
  • rhymes with -ɛtəʊ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An Italian pastry, a kind of croissant.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cornetto, a diminutive of corno (“horn”), from Latin cornū.