noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌkɔː.njəˈkəʊ.pi.ə/
US:/ˌkɔɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/
US:/ˌkɔɹ.njəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An abundance or plentiful supply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.
Despite its sparse syntax, the expressiveness and flexibility of the λ-calculus make it a cornucopia of logic and mathematics. The Lambda Calculus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh2-der. Proto-Italic *kornū Latin cornū Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin co- Proto-Indo-European *h3ep-der. Proto-Italic *opis Latin ops Latin cōps Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin cōpia Latin cornūcōpiabor. English cornucopia Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قرن الوفرة
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Armenian:
առատության եղջյուր
(aṙatutʻyan eġǰyur)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Basque:
ugaritasunaren adar
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Belarusian:
рог дастатку
(roh dastatku)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Bulgarian:
рог на изоби́лието
(rog na izobílieto)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Burmese:
ပဒေသာပင်
(pa.desapang)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Catalan:
corn de l'abundància
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Catalan:
cornucòpia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Chinese Mandarin:
豐饒之角 /丰饶之角
(fēngráo zhī jiǎo)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Czech:
roh hojnosti
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Danish:
overflødighedshorn
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Dutch:
hoorn des overvloeds
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Esperanto:
abundokorno
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Esperanto:
korno de abundeco
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Estonian:
küllusesarv
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Finnish:
runsaudensarvi
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
French:
corne d'abondance
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Galician:
cornucopia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Georgian:
სიუხვის რქა
(siuxvis rka)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
German:
Füllhorn
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Greek:
κέρας της Αμάλθειας
(kéras tis Amáltheias)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Ancient Greek:
Ἀμαλθείας κέρας
(Amaltheías kéras)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Hebrew:
קרן השפע
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Hungarian:
bőségszaru
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Icelandic:
nægtahorn
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Indonesian:
kornukopia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Irish:
corn na flúirse
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Italian:
cornucopia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Japanese:
コルヌー・コピアイ
(korunū-kopiai)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Kazakh:
молшылық мүйізі
(molşylyq müiızı)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Korean:
코르누코피아
(koreunukopia)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Latin:
cornūcōpia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Latvian:
pārpilnības rags
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Lithuanian:
gausybės ragas
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Malay:
kornukopia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Norwegian Bokmål:
overflødighetshorn
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Norwegian Nynorsk:
overflodshorn
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Persian:
شاخ نعمت
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Polish:
róg obfitości
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Polish:
róg Amaltei
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Portuguese:
cornucópia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Romanian:
cornucopia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Russian:
рог изоби́лия
(rog izobílija)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Serbo-Croatian:
rog obilja
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Serbo-Croatian:
kornukopija
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Slovene:
rog izobilja
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Spanish:
cornucopia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Spanish:
cuerno de la abundancia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Swedish:
ymnighetshorn
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Tagalog:
kornukopya
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Thai:
กรวยแห่งความอุดมสมบูรณ์
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Turkish:
cornucopia
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Ukrainian:
ріг достатку
(rih dostatku)
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Welsh:
corn llawnder
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Welsh:
corn digonedd
— mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink
Chinese Mandarin:
角形裝飾物 /角形装饰物
(jiǎoxíng zhuāngshìwù)
— hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things
Danish:
overflødighedshorn
— hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things
Finnish:
runsaudensarvi
— hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things
Hungarian:
bőségszaru
— hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things
Norwegian Bokmål:
overflødighetshorn
— hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things
Norwegian Nynorsk:
overflodshorn
— hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things
Swedish:
ymnighetshorn
— hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things
Chinese Mandarin:
聚寶盆 /聚宝盆
(jùbǎopén)
— abundance or plentiful supply
Chinese Mandarin:
寶庫 /宝库
(bǎokù)
— abundance or plentiful supply
Czech:
přehršel
— abundance or plentiful supply
Czech:
přehršle
— abundance or plentiful supply
Czech:
spousta
— abundance or plentiful supply
Czech:
habaděj
— abundance or plentiful supply
Danish:
overflod
— abundance or plentiful supply
Finnish:
runsaudensarvi
— abundance or plentiful supply
French:
corne d'abondance
— abundance or plentiful supply
German:
Fülle
— abundance or plentiful supply
Hungarian:
bőség
— abundance or plentiful supply
Japanese:
宝庫
(hōko)
— abundance or plentiful supply
Korean:
보고
(bogo)
— abundance or plentiful supply
Norwegian Bokmål:
overflod
— abundance or plentiful supply
Norwegian Nynorsk:
overflod
— abundance or plentiful supply
Polish:
obfitość
— abundance or plentiful supply
Polish:
róg obfitości
— abundance or plentiful supply
Polish:
róg Amaltei
— abundance or plentiful supply
Portuguese:
cornucópia
— abundance or plentiful supply
Russian:
изоби́лие
(izobílije)
— abundance or plentiful supply