cornet à pistons

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.nɛ a pis.tɔ̃/

Noun

cornet à pistons m (plural cornets à pistons)

1. cornet (musical instrument of the brass family)

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: cornet à pistons

Norwegian Bokmål

En cornet à pistons. — A Cornet.

Etymology

Borrowed from French cornet à pistons (“cornet”).

Noun

cornet à pistons m (definite singular cornet à pistonsen, indefinite plural cornet à pistoner, definite plural cornet à pistonsene)

1. (music, obsolete) a cornet
   • 2000, Sophie Dedekam, Dagbok og brev fra en reise til Paris i 1845, page 24:

     [NNs] musikklærer spiller nydelig cornet à pistons og clarinet

     [NNs] music teacher plays beautiful cornet and clarinet

Synonyms

• pistongkornett (“cornet”)

Related terms

• kornett (“cornet”)

References

• “cornet à pistons” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).