Cornet vs. Cornett

Cornetnoun

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

Cornetnoun

A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.

Cornetnoun

A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence an ice cream cone.

Cornetnoun

(obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

Cornetnoun

A kind of organ stop.

Cornetnoun

The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.

Cornetnoun

(obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.

Cornetnoun

(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).

Cornetnoun

An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

Cornetnoun

A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.

Cornetnoun

A troop of cavalry; - so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

Cornetnoun

A headdress

Cornetnoun

See Coronet, 2.

Cornetnoun

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

Cornetnoun

a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider.

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a compound organ stop with a powerful treble sound.

Cornetnoun

a cone-shaped wafer filled with ice cream.

Cornetnoun

the fifth grade of commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours. It is still used in some British cavalry regiments for officers of the rank of second lieutenant.

Cornet

The cornet (, US: ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B♭, though there is also a soprano cornet in E♭ and cornets in A and C. All are unrelated to the Renaissance and early Baroque cornett.

Cornettnoun

(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.

Cornett

The cornett, cornetto, or zink is an early wind instrument that dates from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, popular from 1500 to 1650. It was used in what are now called alta capellas or wind ensembles.