English Explanatory Dictionary

cornu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
  2. A brass instrument from Ancient Rome about 3 metres long in the shape of a letter 'G'.
name
  1. A surname from French.
  2. French mathematician Marie Alfred Cornu (1841–1902).

Word forms

cornu cornua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cornū (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and horn.

Synonyms

infundibulum choana pelvis

Related words

cornu ammonis

Derived words

postcornu Cornu depolarizer Cornu spiral
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