cornetto

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UK/kɔːˈnɛtəʊ/US/kɔɹˈnɛtoʊ/

noun

A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.

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nouncornetto (plural cornettos or cornetti)

plural cornettos · plural cornetti

  1. entertainmentA trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
  2. 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 56
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    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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Origin

  1. Latincornū
  2. Italiancornetto
  3. Englishcornetto

Borrowed from Italian cornetto, a diminutive of corno (“horn”), from Latin cornū.

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APA

cornetto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornetto

MLA

“cornetto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornetto. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cornetto,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornetto.

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