horn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną. Compare West Frisian hoarn, Dutch hoorn, Low German Hoorn, horn, German Horn, Danish and Swedish horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Compare Breton kern (“horn”), Latin cornū, Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras), Proto-Slavic *sьrna, Old Church Slavonic сьрна (sĭrna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Persian سر (sar), Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and cornu. (telephone): From the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôn, IPA(key): /hɔːn/ (US) enPR: hôrn, IPA(key): /hɔɹn/ (Dublin, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɒːɹn/ (Dublin) IPA(key): /ˈhoːrn/, /ˈhoːɻn/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n === Noun === horn (countable and uncountable, plural horns) (countable, zootomy) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar. An antler. (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects. Synonym: keratin A vessel made from a horn, to contain drink, ink, gunpowder, etc. An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia or the point of an anvil. One of the two corners of a crescent, particularly of the crescent moon The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg. (architecture) The Ionic volute. (nautical) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc. (carpentry) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane. One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments. (countable, music) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others. (countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle. Synonyms: hooter, klaxon (chiefly sports) A sound signaling the expiration of time. (countable) A conical device used to direct waves. Synonym: funnel (informal, music, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument. (slang, countable) A telephone. Synonyms: blower (UK), dog and bone (Cockney rhyming slang), phone (vulgar, slang, with definite article) An erection of the penis. Synonyms: boner (US), hard-on, stiffy (countable, geography) A peninsula or projecting tract of land. Synonym: peninsula (countable) A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư. (botany) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias). (military) In naval mine warfare, a projection from the mine shell of some contact mines which, when broken or bent by contact, causes the mine to fire. ==== Usage notes ==== When used alone to refer to an instrument, horn can mean either hunting horn or French horn, depending on context. Other instruments are identified by specific adjectives such as English horn or basset horn. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === horn (third-person singular simple present horns, present participle horning, simple past and past participle horned) (transitive, of an animal) To assault with the horns. (transitive) To furnish with horns. (transitive, slang, obsolete) To cuckold. (intransitive, Singapore, India) To sound the horn of a motor vehicle; to honk. (Can we date this quote by Rabia Sajal Niazi and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), His Precious Gem He horned five times but the man didn't moved [sic] his car away. === Derived terms === === Anagrams === NRHO, Rohn == Cornish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Cornish hôrn, from Old Cornish hoern, from Proto-Brythonic *həjarn, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Welsh haearn, Breton houarn, Irish iarann), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood, red”). ==== Noun ==== horn m (uncountable) iron ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of horn margh. ==== Noun ==== horn m (plural hern) horse shoe == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hoɐ̯ˀn/ === Noun === horn n (singular definite hornet, plural indefinite horn) horn ==== Inflection ==== === References === “horn” in Den Danske Ordbog == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔtn/ Rhymes: -ɔtn === Noun === horn n (genitive singular horns, plural horn) horn (of an animal) (music) horn corner speaker (on a telephone) angle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔ(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/ Rhymes: -ɔrtn === Noun === horn n (genitive singular horns, nominative plural horn) horn (of an animal) fin (of a cetacean or other marine animal) corner angle (music) horn ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === horne, orn === Etymology === From Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós (with change in gender). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔrn/, /hoːrn/ === Noun === horn (plural hornes) A horn (keratinous growth): Horn as a material or in crafts. (rare) The metaphorical horn of a cuckold. (rare, heraldry) A heraldic depiction of a horn. A projecting extremity or point: A point of a crescent moon. A point of a woman's hairstyle. A horn (musical instrument) A bodily extension, such as a claw. A horn-shaped container (especially as a glass) (rare) A section of an army or band. (rare) The eyestalk of a gastropod or an analogous projection. (rare, collectively) Horned bovids. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: horn Scots: horn Yola: hoorn ==== References ==== “horn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 December 2018. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /huːrn/, [ˈhuːɳ] === Noun === horn n (definite singular hornet, indefinite plural horn, definite plural horna or hornene) (zoology) horn (music) horn (automotive, rail transport) horn (warning device) ==== Derived terms ==== hornhinne krutthorn ta tyren ved hornene === References === “horn” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === haurn, hønn, henn (dialectal) hodn (differentiation) === Etymology === From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /horn/, /hoɳː/ (segmentation) IPA(key): /hodn/ (palatalisation) IPA(key): /hoɲː/ === Noun === horn n (definite singular hornet, indefinite plural horn, definite plural horna) (zoology) horn (music) horn (automotive, rail transport) horn (warning device) ==== Derived terms ==== hornhinne ta tyren ved horna === References === “horn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn, head, top”). Cognate with Old Frisian horn, Old Saxon horn, Old High German horn, Old Norse horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xorn/, [horˠn] === Noun === horn m horn Laws of King Ine antler (horn-shaped) gable ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== hornbǣre hornreċed hornsċip hyrne ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: horn, horne, ornEnglish: hornScots: hornYola: hoorn == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates include also Old Saxon horn, Old English horn, Old Norse horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn). === Noun === horn n horn ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: horn Central Franconian: Hunsrik: Horn Luxembourgish: Har Cimbrian: hòrn German: Horn Rhine Franconian: Frankfurterisch: [hɔɐ̯n] Yiddish: האָרן (horn) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- or Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates include Old English horn (English horn, Old Frisian horn (West Frisian hoarn), Old Saxon horn (Low German Hoorn, horn), Dutch hoorn, Old High German horn (German Horn), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn). === Noun === horn n (genitive horns, plural horn) horn (of an animal) horn (to drink from) horn (musical instrument) corner angle ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: horn Faroese: horn Norn: honnj Norwegian Nynorsk: horn, (dialectal) hønn, henn, haurn Old Swedish: horn Swedish: horn Danish: horn Norwegian Bokmål: horn === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “horn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates include also Old English horn, Old Frisian horn, Old High German horn, Old Norse horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn). === Noun === horn n horn ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Low German: Hoorn, horn == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. === Noun === horn n horn (of an animal) horn (to drink from) horn (musical instrument) corner angle ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: horn == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ukrainian горн (horn), from Proto-Slavic *gъrnъ. === Noun === horn n (plural hornuri) chimney Synonyms: cămin, coș, fumar, hogeag == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. === Pronunciation === === Noun === horn n horn (growth on animals' heads) horn (object shaped from or like an animal's horn, used for drinking, storage or making sounds) horn (object that makes a sound, e.g. on a car) (music) horn ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === horn in Svensk ordbok (SO) horn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) horn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) Svensk MeSH