Wiktionary

corn

See also: -corn, còrn, Còrn, and Corn

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Norwegian Bokmål korn, Norwegian Nynorsk korn and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë[1], Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum, Lithuanian žirnis and English grain.

In sense 'maize' a shortening from earlier Indian corn.

NounEdit

corn (usually uncountable, plural corns)

  1. (chiefly Britain, uncountable) Any cereal plant grown for its grain, or the grain thereof.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 42:2, column 2:
      And hee ſaid, Beholde, I haue heard that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thither and buy for vs from thence, that we may liue, and not die.
    • 1847, John Mason Neale, Stories from heathen mythology and Greek history, page 115:
      Among the divinities that dwelt on Mount Olympus, none was more friendly to the husbandman than Demeter, goddess of corn.
    • 1887, Karl Marx, “The Working Day”, in Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, transl.; Frederick [i.e., Friedrich] Engels, editor, Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production: Translated from the Third German Edition, volume I, London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, & Co., […], OCLC 959604809, part III (The Production of Absolute Surplus-value), section 6 (The Struggle for the Normal Working Day. […]), page 267:
      Moreover, however much the individual manufacturer might give the rein to his old lust for gain, the spokesmen and political leaders of the manufacturing class ordered a change of front and of speech towards the workpeople. They had entered upon the contest for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and needed the workers to help them to victory. They promised, therefore, not only a double-sized loaf of bread, but the enactment of the Ten Hours' Bill in the Free Trade millenium.
    • 1887, James Death, The Beer of the Bible: One of the Hitherto Unknown Leavens of Exodus. […], page 12:
      [T]here exists arguments in favour of regarding one of the eatable varieties of "leaven," Machmetzeth, as the beer of the Hebrews. The mention of beer by the Egyptians is frequent; under the name of Hek, two intoxicating beverages are included. The components of these beers, individually, are not known: one was made from corn, the other was a medicated or sweetened beer, due to the addition of honey, or system of brewing.
    • 1909, Johann David Wyss (Susannah Mary Paull, translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page 462:
      I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn, including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.
  2. (US, Canada, Australia, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
    • 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States‎[2]:
      The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.
    • 1998 February 18, Colin G. Calloway, New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America‎[3], JHU Press, →ISBN, pages 51-52:
      Corn was the staff of life for many Indian people before contact, and it became the staff of life for many European colonists. Corn was higher in nutrition than most other grain crops. John Lawson, who travelled in South Carolina and into the interior Indian country in 1701, was one of the many colonists who sang the praises of corn.
  3. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
    He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
  4. A small, hard particle.
    • 1612–1626, Joseph Hall, “[Contemplations upon the Principal Passages in the Holy Story. Book I.] Of Man.”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume I (Contemplations), London: Printed by C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, OCLC 1190972734, part IV (Contemplations on the Old Testament), page 8:
      The least corn of sand is not so small to the whole earth, as man is to the heaven: […]
    • 1852, Thomas Antisell, Hand-book of the Useful Arts:
      corns of powder
  5. (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
    Synonym: corn snow
  7. (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms
    • 2014 June 9, Andrae Hugh Sutherland respectively Popcaan of Popcaan (lyrics and music), “Where We Come From”, in Where We Come From‎[4], track 13:
      R.I.P Scumpy ah you did say Popcaan
      And if a boy diss we clap corn.
    • 2016 September 9, Liquez respectively Dimzy of 67 (lyrics and music), “Jump Out Gang”, in Let’s Lurk‎[5], track 7:
      We got spinners and dotties
      We got .40s and MACs
      We got nuff live corn
      […] See the four-door pausing
      Skengs out, everyone runnin
      But the corn just slapped and floored em
      50 shots in that mop
  8. (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) money.
    • 1984, Smiley Culture, Cockney Translator (song title)[6]
      You know dem have wedge while we have corn. Say Cockney say be first, my son! We just say Gwan!
 
corn (Zea mays)
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from corn (noun)
DescendantsEdit
  • Tok Pisin: kon
  • → Maori: kānga
TranslationsEdit
grain crop of species Zea mays — see maize
See alsoEdit
types of grain

VerbEdit

corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle corning, simple past and past participle corned) (transitive)

  1. (US, Canada) to granulate; to form a substance into grains
    to corn gunpowder
  2. (US, Canada) to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
  3. (US, Canada) to provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed
    Corn the horses.
  4. to render intoxicated
    ale strong enough to corn one
  5. (Jamaica, MLE, slang) to shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).
    • 2019 September 11, Yanko (lyrics and music), “Next Up”, in #ACGK‎[7], 1:49:
      Anywhere, anytime, I'll get him, if he's in love; I'll corn his wedding
      He backed his wetter, I backed my wetter but who really held that wetting?
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornu.

 
Feet with corns
 
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NounEdit

corn (plural corns)

  1. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
    Synonym: clavus
  2. (veterinary medicine, pathology, equestrianism) (countable) inflammatory disease of horse hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
  3. (veterinary medicine, pathology, cattle) (countable) skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
HyponymsEdit
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.

NounEdit

corn (uncountable)

  1. (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.[2]
    • 1975, Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
      He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.
    • 1986, Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy:
      There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn, but the audience didn't mind.
    • 2007, Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family:
      The bulk of this humor was pure corn, but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ An Albanian Historical Grammar, Suart E. Mann, Buske, 1977, p.55
  2. ^ “Corn (emotion)”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary‎[1], Cambridge University Press, accessed 23 November 2007, archived from the original on 4 December 2007

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

corn m (plural corns)

  1. horn (of animal)
    Synonym: banya
  2. (music) horn

Derived termsEdit

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish corn (“drinking horn, goblet; trumpet, horn; curl”), from Latin cornū.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

corn m (genitive singular coirn, nominative plural coirn)

  1. horn (musical instrument)
  2. drinking-horn
    Synonyms: corn óil, buabhall
  3. (sports) cup
  4. (racing) plate

DeclensionEdit

Declension of corn

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative corn coirn
Vocative a choirn a chorna
Genitive coirn corn
Dative corn coirn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an corn na coirn
Genitive an choirn na gcorn
Dative leis an gcorn

don chorn

leis na coirn

Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

corn (present analytic cornann, future analytic cornfaidh, verbal noun cornadh, past participle corntha)

  1. (transitive) roll, coil

ConjugationEdit

First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present cornaim cornann tú;
cornair†		 cornann sé, sí cornaimid cornann sibh cornann siad;
cornaid†		 a chornann; a chornas /
a gcornann*; a gcornas* 		corntar
past chorn mé; chornas chorn tú; chornais chorn sé, sí chornamar; chorn muid chorn sibh; chornabhair chorn siad; chornadar a chorn /
ar chorn* 		cornadh
past habitual chornainn / gcornainn‡‡ chorntá / gcorntᇇ chornadh sé, sí / gcornadh sé, s퇇 chornaimis; chornadh muid / gcornaimis‡‡; gcornadh muid‡‡ chornadh sibh / gcornadh sibh‡‡ chornaidís; chornadh siad / gcornaidís‡‡; gcornadh siad‡‡ a chornadh /
a gcornadh* 		chorntaí / gcornta퇇
future cornfaidh mé;
cornfad 		cornfaidh tú;
cornfair†		 cornfaidh sé, sí cornfaimid;
cornfaidh muid 		cornfaidh sibh cornfaidh siad;
cornfaid†		 a chornfaidh; a chornfas /
a gcornfaidh*; a gcornfas* 		cornfar
conditional chornfainn / gcornfainn‡‡ chornfá / gcornfᇇ chornfadh sé, sí / gcornfadh sé, s퇇 chornfaimis; chornfadh muid / gcornfaimis‡‡; gcornfadh muid‡‡ chornfadh sibh / gcornfadh sibh‡‡ chornfaidís; chornfadh siad / gcornfaidís‡‡; gcornfadh siad‡‡ a chornfadh /
a gcornfadh* 		chornfaí / gcornfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcorna mé;
go gcornad†		 go gcorna tú;
go gcornair†		 go gcorna sé, sí go gcornaimid;
go gcorna muid 		go gcorna sibh go gcorna siad;
go gcornaid†		 — go gcorntar
past dá gcornainn dá gcorntá dá gcornadh sé, sí dá gcornaimis;
dá gcornadh muid 		dá gcornadh sibh dá gcornaidís;
dá gcornadh siad 		— dá gcorntaí
imperative cornaim corn cornadh sé, sí cornaimis cornaigí;
cornaidh†		 cornaidís — corntar
verbal noun cornadh
past participle corntha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative formsEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
corn chorn gcorn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • "corn" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “corn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “corn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Doublet of greyn.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kɔrn/, /koːrn/, /kurn/

NounEdit

corn (plural corn or cornes)

  1. Any plant that bears grain, especially wheat.
  2. A field planted with such plants.
  3. Any kind of grain (especially as food)
    • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:
      þa ƿaſ coꝛn dære: ⁊ flec ⁊ cæſe ⁊ butere. foꝛ nan ƿæſ o þe land. Ƿreccemen ſturuen of hungær.
      Grain was precious then, and meat, cheese, and butter, because there wasn't any in the country. Wretched men died from hunger.
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[8], published c. 1410, Matheu 3:12, page 2r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      whos wynewing cloþ is in his hond .· ⁊ he ſchal fulli clenſe his coꝛn flooꝛ / and he ſchal gadere his wheete in to his berne .· but þe chaf he ſchal bꝛenne wiþ fier þat mai not be quenchid
      His winnowing fan is in his hand; he'll fully clean his threshing-floor, he'll gather up his wheat into his barn, and he'll burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.
  4. A seed of a non-grain plant.
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[9], published c. 1410, Matheu 13:31-32, page 6v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      An oþer parable iheſus puttide foꝛþ to hem. / ⁊ ſeide / þe kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a coꝛn of ſeneuey · which a man took ⁊ ſewe in his feeld · / which is þe leeſt of alle ſeedis / but whanne it haþ woxen .· it is the mooſt of alle woꝛtis · ⁊ is maad a tre / ſo þe bꝛiddis of þe eir comen ⁊ dwellen in þe bowis þerof.
      Jesus put another parable forwards to them, saying: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field; / it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is the largest of all plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."
  5. A grain or seed used as a unit of weight.
  6. The optimum product; the superior portion.
  7. The deserving; those who are morally right.
  8. A bole (external tumourous growth).
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

corn

  1. Alternative form of corne (“callus”)

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Cognate with Old Frisian korn, Old Saxon korn (Low German Koorn), Dutch koren, Old High German korn, Old Norse korn, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

corn n

  1. corn, a grain or seed
    • 880-1150, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      Hīe wǣron benumene æġðer ġe ðæs ċēapes ġe ðæs cornes.
      They were deprived both of cattle and of corn.
  2. a cornlike pimple, a corn on the foot

DeclensionEdit

Declension of corn (strong-a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative corn corn
accusative corn corn
genitive cornes corna
dative corne cornum

DescendantsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin cornū.

NounEdit

corn m (oblique plural corns, nominative singular corns, nominative plural corn)

  1. horn (bony projection found on the head of some animals)
  2. horn (instrument used to create sound)
    Synonyms: olifan, graisle

DescendantsEdit

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

NounEdit

corn n (plural coarne)

  1. horn
DeclensionEdit
Declension of corn
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) corn cornul (niște) coarne coarnele
genitive/dative (unui) corn cornului (unor) coarne coarnelor
vocative cornule coarnelor
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin cornus.

NounEdit

 
Flowers of the European Cornel; Florile cornului

corn m (plural corni)

  1. cornel, European cornel, Cornus mas
  2. rafter (of a house)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of corn
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) corn cornul (niște) corni cornii
genitive/dative (unui) corn cornului (unor) corni cornilor
vocative cornule cornilor
Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ScotsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English corn, from Old English corn.

NounEdit

corn (plural corns)

  1. corn
  2. oats
  3. (in plural) crops (of grain)

VerbEdit

corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle cornin, simple past cornt, past participle cornt)

  1. to feed (a horse) with oats or grain

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Welsh corn, from Proto-Brythonic *korn, from Latin cornū.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

corn m (plural cyrn)

  1. horn
  2. (obsolete) chimney

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
corn gorn nghorn chorn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “corn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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