What does "cornetto" mean?

A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.

What is a synonym for "cornetto"?

Common synonyms include: cornett, cornett.

Pronounced //kɔːˈnɛtəʊ//.

//kɔːˈnɛtəʊ// noun

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Noun

1
A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
2
An Italian pastry, a kind of croissant.
"Frock-coated waiters flitted in and out dispensing champagne cocktails, stripy-jumpered gondoliers were handing out cornettos and bite-size pizzas, courtesy of the high street pizza chain that was sponsoring the whole bash,[…]"

"The Cornetto trilogy was named after the ice cream brand."

Borrowed from Italian cornetto, a diminutive of corno (“horn”), from Latin cornū.

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