unikorn

Indonesian

Etymology

From English unicorn, from Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊnikɔr(ə̆)n]
  • Hyphenation: uni‧korn

Noun

unikorn (plural unikorn-unikorn)

  1. unicorn (mythical one-horned horse)
  2. (finance, trading) unicorn, a startup company whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, which is solely backed by venture capitalists, and which has yet to have an IPO

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

unikorn

  1. alternative form of unicorne
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.