cornet

A brass musical instrument similar to a trumpet but with a more compact shape and a mellower tone, often used in brass bands.

• 🇫🇷Instrument de musique en cuivre, proche de la trompette mais de forme plus compacte et au timbre plus doux, souvent utilisé dans les harmonies et fanfares. Peut aussi désigner un cornet de glace ou un cornet en papier.

1. Musical instrument B1 formal

   A brass instrument similar to a trumpet but with a more mellow tone, often used in brass bands.

   • He played the cornet in the school band.
   • The cornet solo was the highlight of the concert.
   • She practiced the cornet for hours every day.

   🇫🇷Cornet à pistons

2. Ice cream cone A1 informal british

   A thin, crisp, cone-shaped biscuit used to hold ice cream.

   • The child licked his cornet happily.
   • She ordered a strawberry cornet from the ice cream van.
   • A cornet is a popular summer treat in the UK.

   🇫🇷Cornet de glace

   Synonymes: cone

• cornets plural form
• cornets' possessive plural form
• cornet's possessive singular form