They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
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Cornet
//kɔɹˈnɛt//
Synonyms for "cornet" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (59)
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59 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- корнет noun (musical instrument)
- фунийка noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
Catalan
1 entries- corneta noun (musical instrument)
Czech
1 entries- kornet noun (musical instrument)
Dutch
2 entries- kornet noun (musical instrument)
- puntzak noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
Finnish
4 entries- kornetti noun (musical instrument)
- kornetti noun (troop of cavalry)
- kornetti noun (kind of organ stop)
- kornetti noun (military officer)
French
4 entries- cornet noun (musical instrument)
- cornet noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
- cornet noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
- cornette noun (military officer)
Galician
4 entries- caperucho noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
- cartiloxo noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
- cartucho noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
- catavís noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
Georgian
1 entries- სიმინდი noun (musical instrument)
German
4 entries- Eishörnchen noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
- Eistüte noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
- Kornett noun (musical instrument)
- Papiertüte noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
Greek
2 entries- κορνέτα noun (musical instrument)
- κορνέτο noun (musical instrument)
Hungarian
1 entries- kornett noun (musical instrument)
Irish
2 entries- coirceog pháipéir noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
- coirnéad noun (musical instrument)
Italian
1 entries- cornetta noun (musical instrument)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kornetas noun (musical instrument)
Malay
1 entries- kornet noun (troop of cavalry)
Maltese
1 entries- qartas noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kornett noun (musical instrument)
- kremmerhus noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
Polish
2 entries- kornet noun (musical instrument)
- rożek noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
Portuguese
1 entries- corneta noun (musical instrument)
Russian
4 entries- корне́т noun (musical instrument)
- корне́т-а-писто́н noun (musical instrument)
- кулёк noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
- рожо́к noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
Spanish
4 entries- cartucho noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
- cono noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
- corneta noun (musical instrument)
- cucurucho noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
Swahili
1 entries- tarumbeta ndogo noun (musical instrument)
Swedish
1 entries- strut noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
Turkish
3 entries- kornet noun (musical instrument)
- külah noun (piece of paper twisted to make a container)
- külah noun (pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kèn coonê noun (musical instrument)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened.
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This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.
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