cornet

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /kɔɹˈnɛt/
• (British) IPA: /ˈkɔːnɪt/

Noun

cornet (plural cornets)

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

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

2. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
3. A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
4. (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

   • They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.

5. A kind of organ stop.

Translations

• French: cornet
• German: Kornett
• Italian: cornetta
• Portuguese: corneta
• Russian: корне́т
• Spanish: corneta

Translations

• French: cornet
• German: Spitztüte, Papiertüte
• Russian: кулёк
• Spanish: cartucho, cucurucho

Translations

• French: cornet
• German: Eistüte, Eishörnchen
• Russian: рожо́к
• Spanish: cono, cucurucho

Noun

cornet (plural cornets)

1. The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
2. (obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
3. (historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
   • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.14, Dedalus 2016, p. 253:

     This cornet transterm Cornet was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.

Translations

• French: cornette

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