Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corno

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
corno
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

French horn

Etymology

From Italian corno, from Latin cornu (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), cornu, and horn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

corni (plural)

Phrases

corno di bassetto

Frequently Paired Words

corno di bassetto

Questions

What does corno mean?
French horn
Where does corno come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce corno

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