Meanings
plural cornettos · plural cornetti
- entertainmentA trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
- An Italian pastry, a kind of croissant.
A quick espresso, maybe a roll with a little marmalade or a cornetto at the local bar, and then it's off to work or school.
2008 November 1, Father Chet Snyder, A Sabbath Shared, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 561 more example
Frock-coated waiters flitted in and out dispensing champagne cocktails, stripy-jumpered gondoliers were handing out cornettos and bite-size pizzas, courtesy of the high street pizza chain that was sponsoring the whole bash,[…]
2004 February 1, Alexandra Potter, Calling Romeo, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 80
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cornetto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornetto
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