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Definition: Cornet |
CornetNoun1. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cornet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
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Bible | Cornet Heb. shophar, "brightness," with reference to the clearness of its sound (1 Chr. 15:28; 2 Chr. 15:14; Ps. 98:6; Hos. 5:8). It is usually rendered in the Authorized Version "trumpet." It denotes the long and straight horn, about eighteen inches long. The words of Joel, "Blow the trumpet," literally, "Sound the cornet," refer to the festival which was the preparation for the day of Atonement. In Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15, the word (keren) so rendered is a curved horn. The word "cornet" in 2 Sam. 6:5 (Heb. mena'an'im, occurring only here) was some kind of instrument played by being shaken like the Egyptian sistrum, consisting of rings or bells hung loosely on iron rods. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | A cornet seen or heard in a dream, denotes kindly attentions from strangers. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Fine Arts | A mixture stop, usually of V or V1 ranks. . . It is sometimes made to increase in the number of ranks in the treble. . . The name -- is now applied indiscriminately to any mixture stop of a good ly number of ra nks. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Cornet The terrible cornet of horse. William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham (1708-1778). His son William was "the pilot that weathered the storm" (meaning the French Revolution and Napoleon). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Personal Care & Hotels | Cake-decorating device made of a small sheet of paper rolled and pinned into conical shape. The point is cut off to leave an opening as large as required. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The cornet is a standard concert band instrument; most bands have at least two cornets, as they are often scored in preference to trumpets. The trumpet, however, is used more often than the cornet in orchestral, small ensemble, and solo performance. The cornet is the main high voice of the Brass band in the UK and other countries which have British-style brass bands.
Cornets and trumpets made in a given key (usually the key of Bb) play at the same pitch, and the technique for playing the instruments is very similar. However, cornets and trumpets are not entirely interchangeable because the timbre (or tone quality) of their sound differs. Also available, but usually seen only in the brass band, is an Eb soprano model (often shortened to just "sop"), pitched a fourth above the standard Bb. This instrument, with usually just one in a band, adds an extreme high register to the brass band sound and can be most effective in cutting through even the biggest climax.
Unlike the trumpet, most of the tubing of which has a cylindrical bore, the tubing of the cornet has a mostly conical bore, starting very narrow at the mouthpiece and gradually widening towards the bell. The conical bore of the cornet is primarily responsible for its characteristic warm, mellow tone, which can be distinguished from the more penetrating sound of the trumpet. The conical bore of the cornet also makes it more agile than the trumpet when playing fast passages. The cornet is often preferred for young beginners as it is easier to hold, with its centre of gravity much closer to the player.
Like the trumpet and all other modern brasswind instruments, the cornet makes a sound when the player vibrates ("buzzes") his lips in the mouthpiece, creating a vibrating column of air in the tubing of the cornet that generates a musical sound. When the column of air is lengthened, the pitch of the note is lowered.
From the basic length tube of the cornet the player can produce a series of notes, like those played by the bugle, which has gaps in so that true melodic playing is impossible except in the extreme high register. So, to change the length of the vibrating column and provide the cornet with the ability to play chromatic scales, the cornet is equipped with three (or very rarely, four) valves. The action of each valve is to add a length of tubing (and thus vibrating air column) between mouthpiece and bell. As the player presses the valves, they lower the pitch of the cornet and can thus play complete chromatic scales.
The cornet in the illustration is a short model traditional cornet, also known as a "Shepherd's crook" shaped model. There also exists a long-model cornet which looks about half-way between the short instrument and a trumpet. This instrument is frowned upon by cornet traditionalists and it is not clear what its intended role is.
There is another instrument, a brass instrument with woodwind-style holes, called the cornett or cornetto.
A troop of cavalry may also be called a cornet, so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. Until 1871, when the office was abolished, cornet was the lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard, also known as a cornet.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cornet."
Synonyms: CornetSynonyms: horn (n), trumpet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Master | Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cornet |
| English words defined with "cornet": Cornet-a-piston, Cornetcy, Corneter, cornetist, Cornist ♦ Double-tonguing ♦ fluegelhorn, flugelhorn ♦ Hooded ♦ Krumhorn ♦ Sennet, serpent ♦ trumpeter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cornet": WALKING CORNET. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cornet": Cartouch. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cornet" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (cornet, horn, mouthpiece, screw, shaker), Romanian (coffin, cornet, trumpet). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Cornet at Night (1963) Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod (1955) Cornet at Night (1983) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This is a composite photo, assembled from separate images of Jupiter and cornet ... Credit: NASA. |  | Registration of a cornet solo by the phonograph [1889] / Poyet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Young man, possibly Melville James Bell, full-length, seated, wearing top hat and playing a cornet. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cornet Wilkin, 11th Hussars. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Cornet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.43% of the time. "Cornet" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.43% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cornet" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cornet | Last name | 200 | 38,328 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "cornet": cornet a pistons. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cornet": Cornet-a-piston. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cornet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kupë (beaker, canakin, canikin, cannikin, canonry, canopy, cap, chalice, cup, cupping glass, goblet, heart, jorum, Mazer, mug, patella, plate, rummer, torus, tumbler, winebowl), kornetë, kaush (roll), bori (bugle, hooter, horn, post, toot, trump, trumpet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قمع ورق, قرن بوظة, بوق (blare, bugle, euphonium, honk, horn, megaphone, proboscis, sound, toot, tootle, trump, trumpet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фунийка (twist), корнетист, корнет (cornopean). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 短号. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kornoutek, kornet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | piston, kræmmerhus (pointed paper bag), kornet (granular, gritty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | puntzakje (pointed paper bag), piston, hoorntje (giant hornet, grint hornet, hornet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوعی شیپور(cornett). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tötterö (cone), paperitötterö (pointed paper bag), jäätelötötterö (ice-cream stick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cornet pistons, cornet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spitztüte (pointed paper bag), Kornett. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κορνέττα με έμβολο, σάλπιγγασ, μουσικό κέρασ, χωνάκι παγωτού (cone), χωνάκι (screw), χάρτινο χωνί (pointed paper bag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בזיך (beaker, censer, vessel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cink (zinc), tölcsér (charging boot, cone, crater, filler, funnel, hopper, horn), kürt (bugle, French horn, hooter, horn, klaxon, siren, tooter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cornetto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コルク抜き (bodice of a woman's dress, colchicine, Colt, corkscrew, correspondent, corsage, corset, cortisone, kolkhoz, Kolmogorov, small bouquet worn by a woman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コルネット . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shawm (bombarde, shawm), cornaid, bonnad skianagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | kjeks (biscuit, cookie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ornetcay corneta de pistões (fluegelhorn, saxhorn), corneta (buglet, cornopean, trumpet), cone de papel (pointed paper bag), cone (spire), cartucho cônico. (various references) cornet (coffin, trumpet), stegar de cavalerie. (various references) корнет (cornopean). (various references) mala truba, kornet (cone), fišek (cone). (various references) cucurucho (cone, twist). (various references) strut (cone), glasstrut. (various references) rahibe başlığı (veil), kornet çalan kimse (cornetist, cornettist), kornet, dondurmalı gofret, dondurma külahı (ice cone, wafer). (various references) корнетист, корнет, прапороносець (ancient, banner-bearer, ensign, standard bearer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cornu. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hosea Chapter 5, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Salpisate salpiggi epi touV bounouV hchsate epi twn uyhlwn khruxate en tw oikw wn exesth beniamin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Clangite bucina in Gabaa tuba in Rama ululate in Bethaven post tergum tuum Beniamin |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Sowne ye with an horn in Gabaa, with trumpe in Rama; woule ye in Bethauen, aftir thi bac, Beniamyn. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Let the horn be sounded in Gibeah and in Ramah; give a loud cry in Beth-aven, They are after you, O Benjamin. |
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| Language | Hosea Chapter 5, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Patingoga ninyo ang corneta sa Gabaa, ug ang trompeta sa Rama: patingoga ang pagpagubok diha sa Beth-aven; sa imong luyo, Oh Benjamin. |
| Croatian | Zasvirajte u rog u Gibeji, u trublju u Rami, uzbunite Bet Aven: za petama su ti, Benjamine! |
| Danish | Lad Hornet gjalde i Gibea, Trompeten i Rama, opløft Råb i Bet-Aven, Benjamin, var dig! |
| Dutch | Blaast de bazuin te Gibea, de trompet te Rama; roept luide te Beth-aven; achter u, Benjamin! |
| Finnish | Puhaltakaa pasunaan Gibeassa, vaskitorveen Raamassa, nostakaa sotahuuto Beet-Aavenissa. Ovat jo sinun kintereilläsi, Benjamin! |
| French | Sonnez de la trompette Guibea, Sonnez de la trompette Rama! Poussez des cris Beth Aven! Derrière toi, Benjamin! |
| German | Ja, blaset Posaunen zu Gibea, ja, drommetet zu Rama, ja, ruft zu Beth-Aven: "Hinter dir, Benjamin!" |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tiuplah trompet di Gibea! Bunyikan tanda panggilan bertempur di Rama! Serukan pekik peperangan di Betel! Ayo, orang Benyamin, majulah bertempur! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tiuplah olehmu nafiri di Gibea dan serunaipun di Rama; angkatlah olehmu sorak peperangan di Bait-Awen; musuh adalah mengusir, hai orang Benyamin! |
| Italian | Suonate il corno in G baa e la tromba in Rama, date l'allarme a Bet-Avèn, all'erta, Beniamino! |
| Maori | ¶ Whakatangihia te koronete ki Kipea, te tetere ki Rama: whakatangihia he whakaoho ki Peteawene; i muri i a koe, e Pineamine. |
| Rumanian | Sunayi din trkmbiyq la Ghibea, sunayi din trkmbiyq la Rama! Strigayi la Bet-Aven! Iacq -i pe urma ta, Beniamine! |
| Spanish | "¡Tocad la corneta en Gabaa, la trompeta en Ramá! Gritad en Bet-avén: '¡Tiembla, oh Benjamín!' |
| Swedish | Stöten i basun i Gibea, i trumpet i Rama, blåsen larmsignal i Bet-Aven. Fienden år efter dig, Benjamin! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cornet": cornetcies, cornetcy, cornetist, cornetists, cornets, cornettist, cornettists. (additional references) | |
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"Cornet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: carnbeg, carnete, cognet, Cogniot, coinet, comnet, conat, conert, conet, conit, connet, Connett, conrete, coonet, Cordet, coret, Cormet, Cornaert, cornate, corne, cornetcy, Corneth, Corneto, cornett, Cornette, corney, cornt, cornu, cornuta, cornye, corret, courne, crent, cront, currnet, kornati, Kornei, ornot, sornet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cornet" (pronounced kôrne"t) |
| 3 | -n e" t | Brunet, brunette, clarinet, coronet, Falconet, kitchenette, Luncheonette, net, nett. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: cento, conte, crone, noter, recon, recto, tenor, toner, trone. | |
-2 letters: cent, cero, cone, core, corn, cote, note, once, rent, rote, tern, tone, torc, tore, torn. | |
-3 letters: con, cor, cot, eon, ern, net, nor, not, one, orc, ore, ort, rec, ret, roc, roe, rot, ten, toe, ton, tor. | |
-4 letters: en, er, et, ne, no, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: cointer, concert, convert, cornets, cornute, coronet, counter, crownet, enactor, notcher, noticer, recount, trounce. | |
+2 letters: accentor, ancestor, anchoret, anoretic, carotene, cartoned, centroid, coherent, cointers, concerti, concerto, concerts, concrete, confuter, construe, contrite, contrive, converts, coparent, cornetcy, corniest, cornuted, coronate, coronets, counters, courante, creation, creodont, cretonne, crownets, doctrine, electron, enactors, enactory, entropic, erection, gerontic, inceptor, infector, injector, intercom, necrotic, neoteric, neurotic, nocturne, notchers, noticers, outrance, plectron, portance, reaction, recounts, trecento, tricorne, trounced, trouncer, trounces, unerotic. | |
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