cornet B2 Topic:Senses & Perception US /kɔɹˈnɛt/ UK /ˈkɔːnɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #41060 Meanings 1 noun A brass musical instrument, slightly smaller than a trumpet and with a bright tone. He played the cornet in the town brass band. 2 noun A cone-shaped pastry shell filled with ice cream (British English). The children each got a cornet from the ice cream van. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a brass musical instrument,... horn Word family Forms cornets Derived forms cornetcycornetercornetfishcornetist Etymology AI details From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”). *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European cornet Middle English cornū Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cornet **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kɔɹˈnɛt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɔːnɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 41060 ## Meanings 1. A brass musical instrument, slightly smaller than a trumpet and with a bright tone. 2. A cone-shaped pastry shell filled with ice cream (British English). ## Examples - He played the cornet in the town brass band. - The children each got a cornet from the ice cream van. ## Derived Forms - cornetcy - corneter - cornetfish - cornetist ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ḱerh₂- - Root: cornet - Root: cornū ## Etymology From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”). ## AI Etymology cornet comes from Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-, Middle English cornet, Old French cornet, Latin cornū. Current senses include A brass musical instrument, slightly smaller than a trumpet and with a bright tone and A cone-shaped pastry shell filled with ice cream (British English). English relatives and later formations include cornetcy, corneter, cornetfish. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown