bicorne

From French bicorne, from Latin bicornis.^[1][2] Doublet of bicorn.

bicorne (plural bicornes)

1. Alternative form of bicorn (“two-cornered hat”).
   • 2021, Otto English, Fake History:

     For some he was—and remains—the romantic embodiment of the French Enlightenment, the champion of religious freedom and a progressive to the tips of his bicorne hat.

• Briceno, Cirebon

bicorne (plural bicornes)

1. bicorn (having two horns)

bicorne m (plural bicornes)

1. bicorn (hat, famously worn by Napoleon Bonaparte)
2. (folklore) in French fairy tales, a two-horned monster that eats adulterous husbands

• unicorne
• tricorne

• → English: bicorne
• → Romanian: bicorn

• “bicorne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /biˈkɔr.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɔrne
• Hyphenation: bi‧còr‧ne

bicorne m or f (plural bicorni)

1. two-horned

• bicorno

• bercino, broncie

bicorne

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of bicornis

• IPA^(key): /biˈkoɾne/ [biˈkoɾ.ne]
• Rhymes: -oɾne
• Syllabification: bi‧cor‧ne

bicorne m or f (masculine and feminine plural bicornes)

1. two-horned

• “bicorne”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024