French

Pronunciation

• /kɔʁ.ny/|lang=fr

Adjective

1. horned

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

• a Classical /ˈkor.nuː/|lang=la, /"kor.nu:/

Noun

1. a horn, antler
2. a tusk
3. the horns of the moon
4. am arm or wing of an army
5. a horn as a musical instrument
6. any substance like the material of a horn, such as the bill of a bird
7. the end of a book or scroll, usually made of ivory
8. power, strength, might

Inflection

Derived terms

• corneolus
• cornescō
• corneus
• cornicen
• corniculāns
• corniculātus
• corniculum
• cornifer
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornuālis
• cornuārius
• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• ūnicornis

Descendants

• English: cornet
• French: corne
• Italian: corno
• Portuguese: corno
• Romanian: corn
• Spanish: cuerno

References

• Cornu (horn), an ancient musical instrument

• Marie Alfred Cornu, a physicist for whom the Cornu spiral is named
• Paul Cornu, an engineer sometimes credited as the creator of the first helicopter

• Cornu, Prahova, Romania
• Cornu Luncii, Suceava, Romania
• Cornu–, a prefix used to indicate a relation to Cornwall

• Cornu ammonis, a part of the hippocampus of the brain
• Cornu anterius, cornu inferius, and cornu posterius, parts of the the lateral ventricle of the brain
• Cornu anterius, or anterior horn, of the spinal cord
• Cornu coccygeum'', one of two upward projecting processes which articulate with the sacrum
• Cornua of the hyoid, the greater and lesser horns of the hyoid bones
• Cornua of the sacrum, two small processes projecting inferiorly on either side of the sacral hiatus leading into the sacral canal.
• Uterine cornu, or uterine horn, located near the entry of the Fallopian tube