Definitions for cornu

cornu cor·nu

Spelling: [kawr-noo, -nyoo]
IPA: /ˈkɔr nu, -nyu/

Cornu is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in cornu (cnoru).

Definitions for cornu

noun

  1. a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.

Origin of cornu

1685-95; Latin: horn; akin to Greek kéras (see cerat-), krāníon cranium

Examples for cornu

Thorace tricorni; cornu intermedio longiori simplici, capite mutico, elytris lvissimis.

For mottoes, either of the following: Fnum halct in cornu; Hunc tu Romane caveto.

Name from cornu, a horn; alluding to the hardness of the wood.

In Aves the cornu formed from the first branchial arch (fig. 331, cbr) is always larger than that of the true hyoid arch (ch).

Curro and hurry are the same word; and so are cornu and horn; Carolus and Harold.

They watched me sideways, like this, especially cornu, because he squints.

Madame cornu's last letter was a solemn exhortation to abstain from that step.

It is explained by Vullers as cornu et crena arcûs cui immititur nervus.

Then he began to beat time on my knees and sang out boldly, cornu ejus exaltabitur.

On Trajan's column the tuba, the cornu and the buccina are distinguishable.

Word Value for cornu
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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