cornet1

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːnɪt/

noun

  • 1 Music a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider.
  • a compound organ stop with a powerful treble sound.
  • 2British a cone-shaped wafer filled with ice cream.

Derivatives

cornetist

Pronunciation: /kɔːˈnɛtɪst/
(also cornettist) noun

Origin:

late Middle English (originally denoting a wind instrument made of a horn): from Old French, diminutive of a variant of Latin cornu 'horn'