cornetto

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/kɔːˈnɛtəʊ/
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/kɔːˈnɛtəʊ/ · /kɔɹˈnɛtoʊ/

Definition of cornetto

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
  2. An Italian pastry, a kind of croissant.
    “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,[…]”
    “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.”

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Etymology

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

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