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corn

See also: -corn, còrn, Còrn, and Corn

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‎(“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- ‎(“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, Low German Koorn, German Korn, North Germanic korn; see also Russian зерно́ ‎(zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum, Lithuanian žirnis, Persian خرمن ‎(xarman), and English grain.

NounEdit

corn ‎(usually uncountable, plural corns)

  1. (Britain, uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
    • 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.
    • 1867, Karl Marx (Samuel Moore & Edward Aveling, translators), Das Kapital[2]:
      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 millennium.
    • 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[3]:
      The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.
  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.
    • Bishop Hall:
      corn of sand
    • Beaumont and Fletcher:
      a corn of powder
corn (Zea mays)
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from corn (noun)
TranslationsEdit
maize — see maize
See alsoEdit
other words for grain

VerbEdit

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

  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. (transitive) To render intoxicated.
    ale strong enough to corn one
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from Old French corn (modern French cor).

Feet with corns
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NounEdit

corn ‎(plural corns)

  1. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
    • Shakespeare
      Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes / Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you.
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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.[1]
    • 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

Etymology 4Edit

From the resemblance to white corn kernels.

NounEdit

corn ‎(uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
SynonymsEdit
  • corn snow

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “Corn (emotion)”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary[1], Cambridge University Press, (Please provide a date or year)

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

corn m ‎(plural corns)

  1. horn (of animal)
  2. (music) horn

SynonymsEdit

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
  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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from corn

VerbEdit

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

  1. 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 chorntá chornadh sé, sí chornaimis; chornadh muid chornadh sibh chornaidís; chornadh siad a chornadh /
ar chornadh*		 chorntaí
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 chornfá chornfadh sé, sí chornfaimis; chornfadh muid chornfadh sibh chornfaidís; chornfadh siad a chornfadh /
ar chornfadh*		 chornfaí
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
† Dialect form

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.

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 (German Korn), Old Norse korn (Danish and Swedish korn), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 ‎(kaurn).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

corn n

  1. corn, a grain or seed
    • Hie wæron benumene ægðer ge ðæs ceapes ge ðæs cornes: they were deprived both of cattle and of corn. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
  2. a cornlike pimple, a corn on the foot

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)

SynonymsEdit

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

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ScotsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English corn.

NounEdit

corn ‎(plural corns)

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

VerbEdit

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

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

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin cornū

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

corn m (plural cyrn)

  1. horn

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.
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