corne
English
Noun
corne (usually uncountable, plural cornes)
- Obsolete spelling of corn.
- 1600, Hugh Platt, “Whether it be good to fill the holes with common earth, and to prepare the ſeed before it be ſet” (chapter 6), in The New and Admirable Arte of ſetting of Corne, page 24:
- I may ſhut vp this booke of plantes with a moſt famous and renowmed concluſion, I will heere declare how all kind of corne and pulſe, together with the vines themſelues ſhall recompence all our labours with great encreaſe.
- 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 51:
- […] Finally , at this our Sauiour alſo aymeth in the Parable of the rich Man, who abounding in all prouiſion, and hauing more Corne and Fruits then roome to beſtow them in, […]
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French corne, from Vulgar Latin *corna (taken as a feminine singular), from Classical Latin cornua, plural of cornū (whence cor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁn/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔʁn
Noun
corne f (plural cornes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “corne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
corne
- vocative singular of cornus
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French corne, corn; from Latin cornū.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrn/, /koːrn/
Noun
corne (plural cornes)
- (rare) callus
Descendants
- English: corn
References
- “cō̆rne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 July 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
corne
- alternative form of corn (“grain”)
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkor.ne/, [ˈkorˠ.ne]
Noun
corne
- dative singular of corn
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *corna (taken as a feminine singular), from Classical Latin cornua, plural of cornū.
Noun
corne oblique singular, f (oblique plural cornes, nominative singular corne, nominative plural cornes)
- alternative form of corn m (“horn”)
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
corne
- inflection of cornar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative