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cornet1

Syllabification: (cor·net)
Pronunciation: /ˈkôrnət/

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Definition of cornet

noun

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

Derivatives

cornetist

Pronunciation: /-ˈnetəst/

(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'

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