cornet

Questions about cornet

What does cornet mean?

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

How many syllables are in cornet?

cornet has 2 syllables: cor-net. The stress falls on "net". In IPA it is /kɔɹˈnɛt/.

What is another word for cornet?

Close synonyms include horn, trumpet, trump. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cornet a common word?

cornet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cornet?

14 words rhyme with cornet. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.