Meanings
cornett1
nouncornett (plural cornetts)
plural cornetts
- entertainmentAn early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.
Synonyms: cornetto
Cornett2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.
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Origin
- Latincornū
- Old Frenchcornet
- Englishcornett
Old French cornet, a diminutive of corne (“horn”), from Latin cornū.
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Bulgarian ци́нк, ци́нка
- ци́нк (cínk)wind instrument
- ци́нка (cínka)wind instrument
Catalan cornetto, corneta
- cornettowind instrument
- cornetawind instrument
Chinese Mandarin 木管小號 /木管小号, 蛇形管
- 木管小號 /木管小号wind instrument
- 蛇形管wind instrument
Czech cink
- cinkwind instrument
Danish zink, sink
- zinkwind instrument
- sinkwind instrument
Dutch zink, cornetto
- zinkwind instrument
- cornettowind instrument
Esperanto klariono, korneto
- klarionowind instrument
- kornetowind instrument
Estonian tsink
- tsinkwind instrument
Finnish sinkki
- sinkkiwind instrument
French cornet à bouquin
- cornet à bouquinwind instrument
German Zink
- Zinkwind instrument
Hebrew קוֹרְנֵטוֹ
- קוֹרְנֵטוֹ (korenéto)wind instrument
Hungarian cink, cornett
- cinkwind instrument
- cornettwind instrument
- kornettwind instrument
Italian cornetto
- cornettowind instrument
Japanese ツィンク, コルネット
- ツィンク (tsinku)wind instrument
- コルネット (korunetto)wind instrument
Korean 코르넷
- 코르넷 (koreunet)wind instrument
Norwegian Bokmål zink, zinke
- zinkwind instrument
- zinkewind instrument
- sinkwind instrument
- sinkewind instrument
Polish cynk
- cynkwind instrument
Portuguese corneto
- cornetowind instrument
Russian корне́т, ци́нк
- корне́т (kornét)wind instrument
- ци́нк (cínk)wind instrument
Spanish cornetto, corneta renacentista
- cornettowind instrument
- corneta renacentistawind instrument
- corneta negrawind instrument
- corneta curvawind instrument
Swedish sinka, zinka
- sinkawind instrument
- zinkawind instrument
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APA
cornett. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornett
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“cornett.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornett. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cornett,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornett.
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