Noun: cornetto
| Singular | cornetto |
| Plural | cornettos; cornetti |
Sample Sentences
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Frock-coated waiters flitted in and out dispensing champagne cocktails, stripy-jumpered gondoliers were handing out cornettos and bite-size pizzas, courtesy of the high street pizza chain that was sponsoring the whole bash,[…] [2004 February 1, Alexandra Potter, Calling Romeo, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 80:]
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A quick espresso, maybe a roll with a little marmalade or a cornetto at the local bar, and then it's off to work or school. [2008 November 1, Father Chet Snyder, A Sabbath Shared, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 56:]
Nouns inflected like cornetto
sbirro,
vetturino,
capocollo,
clavicembalo,
decrescendo,
scherzando,
bambino,
concerto,
descrescendo,
zufolo,
stornello,
cavaletto,
inamorato,
zuffolo,
secondo,
rifacimento,
paesano,
pianissimo,
palazzo,
pandoro, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cornetto, a diminutive of corno (“horn”), from Latin cornū. See: Italian Nouns '
cornetto', Latin Nouns '
cornū'.