corn

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːn/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹn/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkoːn/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n Hyphenation: corn === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao. The sense maize (Zea mays) is an ellipsis of Indian corn that developed in 18th century North America. ==== Noun ==== corn (usually uncountable, plural corns) (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region. Synonyms: cereal, grain Hyponyms: wheat, barley, rye, maize, corn (maize sense) (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays. Synonym: Indian corn (obsolete sense) Hypernyms: grain, corn (grain sense) Hyponyms: field corn, dent corn, grain corn, sweet corn, Indian corn (current sense) A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop. Synonym: grain A small, hard particle. (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions. Synonym: corn snow (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) Bullets, ammunition, and charge and discharge of firearms. (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) Money. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Kashubian: kòrné (Canada) Tok Pisin: kon → Māori: kānga ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Verb ==== corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle corning, simple past and past participle corned) (transitive) (US, Canada) To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains. (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef. (US, Canada) To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed. (transitive, obsolete) To render intoxicated. (Jamaica, MLE, slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn). ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornū. Doublet of corno, cornu, and horn. ==== Noun ==== corn (plural corns) A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands. Synonym: clavus (veterinary medicine) An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole. (veterinary medicine) Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle. ===== Hyponyms ===== callus ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From corny. ==== Noun ==== corn (uncountable) (US, Canada) Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === Rhyming euphemism for porn, and with influence from the emoji substitute 🌽. ==== Noun ==== corn (uncountable) (Internet, euphemistic) pornography; porn ===== Derived terms ===== Cornhub cornography cornstar === References === === Anagrams === Cron == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cornū === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞rn] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ˈkɔrn] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔɾn] === Noun === corn m (plural corns) horn (of an animal) Synonym: banya (music) horn sea snail ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “corn”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish corn (“drinking horn”), from Latin cornū. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Munster, Connacht) /koːɾˠn̪ˠ/, (Ulster) /kɔːɾˠn̪ˠ/ === Noun === corn m (genitive singular coirn, nominative plural coirn) (music) horn (any of several musical wind instruments) cup (a trophy in the shape of an oversized cup) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === corn (present analytic cornann, future analytic cornfaidh, verbal noun cornadh, past participle corntha) (transitive) to roll, coil ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== cornaigh, cornáil === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “corn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 248; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “corn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “corn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “corn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Doublet of greyn. ==== Alternative forms ==== coorn, coren, corne, curn, koren, korn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɔrn/, /koːrn/, /kurn/ ==== Noun ==== corn (plural corn or cornes) Any plant that bears grain, especially wheat. A field planted with such plants. Any kind of grain (especially as food) A seed of a non-grain plant. A grain or seed used as a unit of weight. The optimum product; the superior portion. The deserving; those who are morally right. A bole (external tumourous growth). ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: corn (see there for further descendants) Scots: corn, curn Yola: coorn, koorn ==== References ==== “cō̆rn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 July 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== corn alternative form of corne (“callus”) == Middle Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *korn, from Latin cornū. It is unclear whether the sense “swaddling clothes” is etymologically related. It could be a reference to the roughly hornlike shape of a swaddled baby, but compare Irish corn (“to roll, coil”) (itself of unclear origin and not listed in the Dictionary of the Irish Language). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /korn/ === Noun === corn m (plural kyrn) (music) horn swaddling clothes For quotations using this term, see Citations:corn. ==== Descendants ==== Welsh: corn === Mutation === == Old English == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Cognate with Old Frisian korn, Old Saxon korn (Low German Koorn), Dutch koren, Old High German korn, Old Norse korn, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /korn/, [korˠn] Rhymes: -orn === Noun === corn n corn, a grain or seed 880-1150, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle a cornlike pimple, a corn on the foot ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: corn, coorn, coren, corne, curn, koren, kornEnglish: corn (see there for further descendants)Scots: corn, curnYola: coorn, koorn == Old French == === Alternative forms === cor, coir, cuir corne f (see there for further descendants) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cornū. === Noun === corn oblique singular, m (oblique plural corns, nominative singular corns, nominative plural corn) horn (a bony projection on the head of some animals) corner, angle, secluded place (figurative) strength, power horn (an instrument used to create sound) Synonyms: olifan, graisle ==== Descendants ==== French: cor === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “corn”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Latin cornū. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkorn̪/ === Noun === corn m (genitive cuirn, nominative plural cuirn) drinking-horn, goblet ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: corn Manx: cayrn Scottish Gaelic: còrn === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “corn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [korn] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin cornū. ==== Noun ==== corn n (plural coarne) horn ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== cornut === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin cornus. ==== Noun ==== corn m (plural corni) cornel, European cornel, Cornus mas rafter (of a house) ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== coarnă ==== See also ==== sânger == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn. === Noun === corn (plural corns) corn oats (in the plural) crops (of grain) === Verb === corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle cornin, simple past and past participle cornt) to feed (a horse) with oats or grain == Welsh == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Welsh corn, from Proto-Brythonic *korn, from Latin cornū. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔrn/ Rhymes: -ɔrn === Noun === corn m (plural cyrn) horn antler Synonym: rhaidd chimney Synonym: simnai corn, callus Synonym: caleden ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “horn”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[11], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “corn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “corn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies