cornetto

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cornetto

/kɔːˈnɛtəʊ/ UK
/kɔɹˈnɛtoʊ/ US

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

noun cornettos · cornetti

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

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@misc{cornetto_2026,
  title = {cornetto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cornetto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}