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cornflakes

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːnfleɪks/
  • General-American: /ˈkɔɹnfleɪks/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

A breakfast cereal made from toasted flakes of maize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَقَائِق ذُرَة (raqāʔiq ḏura) — breakfast cereal
  • Arabic: كورن فليكس (kōrn flēks) — breakfast cereal
  • Bulgarian: корнфле́йкс (kornfléjks) — breakfast cereal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 玉米片 (yùmǐpiàn) — breakfast cereal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 粟米片 (sùmǐpiàn) — breakfast cereal
  • Cornish: yskans — breakfast cereal
  • Czech: kukuřičné lupínky — breakfast cereal
  • Danish: cornflakes — breakfast cereal
  • Esperanto: maizflokoj — breakfast cereal
  • Finnish: maissihiutaleet — breakfast cereal
  • French: flocons de maïs — breakfast cereal
  • Galician: flocos de millo — breakfast cereal
  • German: Cornflakes — breakfast cereal
  • Greek: κορνφλέικς (kornfléiks) — breakfast cereal
  • Hindi: कॉर्नफ़्लेक्स (kŏrnafleks) — breakfast cereal
  • Icelandic: kornflex — breakfast cereal
  • Icelandic: kornflögur — breakfast cereal
  • Irish: calóga arbhair — breakfast cereal
  • Italian: fiocchi di mais — breakfast cereal
  • Italian: cornflakes — breakfast cereal
  • Japanese: コーンフレーク (kōnfurēku) — breakfast cereal
  • Korean: 콘플레이크 (konpeulleikeu) — breakfast cereal
  • Lezgi: кӏекер (ḳeker) — breakfast cereal
  • Malay: emping jagung — breakfast cereal
  • Māori: kāngarere — breakfast cereal
  • Navajo: tséʼástʼéítsooí — breakfast cereal
  • Persian: کرن فلکس (korn fleks) — breakfast cereal
  • Polish: płatki kukurydziane — breakfast cereal
  • Polish: cornfleksy — breakfast cereal
  • Portuguese: flocos de milho — breakfast cereal
  • Portuguese: sucrilhos — breakfast cereal
  • Russian: кукуру́зные хло́пья (kukurúznyje xlópʹja) — breakfast cereal
  • Russian: хло́пья (xlópʹja) — breakfast cereal
  • Russian: ко̀рнфле́кс (kòrnfléks, kòrnflɛ́ks, kòrnflɛ́jks) — breakfast cereal
  • Slovak: kornfleksy — breakfast cereal
  • Spanish: copos de maíz — breakfast cereal
  • Spanish: hojuelas maiceras — breakfast cereal
  • Spanish: cornfleiks — breakfast cereal
  • Swedish: cornflakes — breakfast cereal
  • Swedish: flingor — breakfast cereal
  • Swedish: majsflingor — breakfast cereal
  • Turkish: mısır gevreği — breakfast cereal
  • Ukrainian: кукурудзяні пластівці (kukurudzjani plastivci) — breakfast cereal
  • Vietnamese: bánh bột ngô nướng — breakfast cereal
  • Yiddish: פּאַפּשוי־שנייעלעך (papshoy-shneyelekh) — breakfast cereal