Wiktionary

horn

See also: Horn, hörn, Hörn, and hòrn

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English horn, horne, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną. Compare West Frisian hoarn, Dutch hoorn, Low German Hoorn, horn, German Horn, Danish and Swedish horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Compare Breton kern (“horn”), Latin cornū, Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras), Proto-Slavic *sьrna, Old Church Slavonic сьрна (sĭrna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Persian سر‎ (sar), Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”).

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NounEdit

horn (countable and uncountable, plural horns)

  2. (countable) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
  3. Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
      But nowhere are there queerer waters than in our own parish of Caulds, at the place called the Sker Bay, where between two horns of land a shallow estuary receives the stream of the Sker.
  5. An antler.
  7. (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.
    Synonym: keratin
    an umbrella with a handle made of horn
  8. An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid.
    • 1726, James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, lines 123–125, page 169:
      [W]hile riſing ſlow, / Blank, in the leaden-colour'd eaſt, the moon / Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
    • 1775, William Mason, The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason.
      horns of mead and ale
    1. The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
    3. (architecture) The Ionic volute.
    4. (nautical) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
    5. (carpentry) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
    6. One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
  9. (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
  11. (countable, music) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.
    hunting horn
  12. (countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
    Synonyms: hooter, klaxon
  13. (chiefly sports) A sound signaling the expiration of time.
    The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count.
  14. (countable) A conical device used to direct waves.
    Synonym: funnel
    antenna horn
    loudspeaker horn
  16. (informal, music, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
  18. (slang, countable, from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.
    Synonyms: blower (UK), dog and bone (Cockney rhyming slang), phone
    Get him on the horn so that we can have a discussion about this.
  19. (uncountable, vulgar, slang, definite article) An erection of the penis.
    Synonyms: boner (US), hard-on, stiffy
  21. (countable, geography) A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land.
    Synonym: peninsula
    to navigate around the horn
  23. (countable) A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.
  24. (botany) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
  25. (military) In naval mine warfare, a projection from the mine shell of some contact mines which, when broken or bent by contact, causes the mine to fire.

Usage notesEdit

When used alone to refer to an instrument, horn can mean either hunting horn or French horn, depending on context. Other instruments are identified by specific adjectives such as English horn or basset horn.

TranslationsEdit

antler — see antler
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VerbEdit

horn (third-person singular simple present horns, present participle horning, simple past and past participle horned)

  1. (transitive, of an animal) To assault with the horns.
  2. (transitive) To furnish with horns.
  3. (transitive, slang, obsolete) To cuckold.

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

horn n (singular definite hornet, plural indefinite horn)

  1. horn

InflectionEdit

Declension of horn
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative horn hornet horn hornene
genitive horns hornets horns hornenes

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FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

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NounEdit

horn n (genitive singular horns, plural horn)

  1. horn (of an animal)
  2. (music) horn
  3. corner
  4. speaker (on a telephone)
  5. angle

DeclensionEdit

Declension of horn
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative horn hornið horn hornini
accusative horn hornið horn hornini
dative horni horninum hornum hornunum
genitive horns hornsins horna hornanna

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

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NounEdit

horn n (genitive singular horns, nominative plural horn)

  1. horn (of an animal)
  2. fin (of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  3. corner
  4. angle
  5. (music) horn

DeclensionEdit

declension of horn
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative horn hornið horn hornin
accusative horn hornið horn hornin
dative horni horninu hornum hornunum
genitive horns hornsins horna hornanna

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós (with change in gender).

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NounEdit

horn (plural hornes)

  1. A horn (keratinous growth):
    1. Horn as a material or in crafts.
    2. (rare) The metaphorical horn of a cuckold.
    3. (rare, heraldry) A heraldic depiction of a horn.
  2. A projecting extremity or point:
    1. A point of a crescent moon.
    2. A point of a woman's hairstyle.
  3. A horn (musical instrument)
  4. A bodily extension, such as a claw.
  5. A horn-shaped container (especially as a glass)
  6. (rare) A section of an army or band.
  7. (rare) The eyestalk of a gastropod or an analogous projection.
  8. (rare, collectively) Horned bovids.

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DescendantsEdit

  • English: horn
  • Scots: horn
  • Yola: hoorn

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /huːrn/, [ˈhuːɳ]

NounEdit

horn n (definite singular hornet, indefinite plural horn, definite plural horna or hornene)

  1. (zoology) horn
  2. (music) horn
  3. (automotive, rail transport) horn (warning device)

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ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /horn/, /honː/
  • (segmentation) IPA(key): /hodn/
  • (palatalisation) IPA(key): /hoɲː/

NounEdit

horn n (definite singular hornet, indefinite plural horn, definite plural horna)

  1. (zoology) horn
  2. (music) horn
  3. (automotive, rail transport) horn (warning device)

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ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn, head, top”).

Cognate with Old Frisian horn, Old Saxon horn, Old High German horn, Old Norse horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).

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NounEdit

horn m

  1. horn
  2. antler
  3. (horn-shaped) gable

DeclensionEdit

Declension of horn (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative horn hornas
accusative horn hornas
genitive hornes horna
dative horne hornum

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DescendantsEdit

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

Cognates include also Old Saxon horn, Old English horn, Old Norse horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).

NounEdit

horn n

  1. horn

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle High German: horn
    • Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Horn
      Luxembourgish: Har
    • Cimbrian: hòrn
    • German: Horn
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Frankfurterisch: [hɔɐ̯n]
    • Yiddish: האָרן‎ (horn)

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- or Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognates include Old English horn (English horn, Old Frisian horn (West Frisian hoarn), Old Saxon horn (Low German Hoorn, horn), Dutch hoorn, Old High German horn (German Horn), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).

NounEdit

horn n (genitive horns, plural horn)

  1. horn (of an animal)
  2. horn (to drink from)
  3. horn (musical instrument)
  4. corner
  5. angle

DeclensionEdit

  Declension of horn (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative horn hornit horn hornin
accusative horn hornit horn hornin
dative horni horninu hornum hornunum
genitive horns hornsins horna hornanna

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “horn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

Cognates include also Old English horn, Old Frisian horn, Old High German horn, Old Norse horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn).

NounEdit

horn n

  1. horn

DescendantsEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ukrainian горн (horn), from Proto-Slavic *gъrnъ.

NounEdit

horn n (plural hornuri)

  1. chimney
    Synonyms: cămin, coș, fumar, hogeag

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

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NounEdit

horn n

  1. horn (growth on animals' heads)
  2. horn (object shaped from or like an animal's horn, used for drinking, storage or making sounds)
  3. horn (object that makes a sound, e.g. on a car)
  4. (music) horn

DeclensionEdit

Declension of horn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative horn hornet horn hornen
Genitive horns hornets horns hornens

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