cornとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English corn, from 古期英語 corn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, Low German Koorn, German Korn, Norwegian and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë^[1], Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum, Lithuanian žirnis and English grain.

名詞

corn (usually uncountable, 複数形 corns)

1. (Britain, uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
   • 1847, John Mason Neale, Stories from heathen mythology and Greek history, page 115:

     Among the divinities that dwelt on Mount Olympus, none was more friendly to the husbandman than Demeter, goddess of corn.

   • 1867, Karl Marx (Samuel Moore & Edward Aveling, translators), Das Kapital‎^[2]:

     However much the individual manufacturer might give the rein to his old lust for gain, the spokesmen and political leaders of the manufacturing class ordered a change of front and of speech towards the workpeople. They had entered upon the contest for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and needed the workers to help them to victory. They promised therefore, not only a double-sized loaf of bread, but the enactment of the Ten Hours' Bill in the Free-trade millennium.

   • 1887, James Death, Stories from heathen mythology and Greek history, page 12:

     [T]here exists arguments in favour of regarding one of the eatable varieties of "leaven," Machmetzeth, as the beer of the Hebrews. The mention of beer by the Egyptians is frequent; under the name of Hek, two intoxicating beverages are included. The components of these beers, individually, are not known: one was made from corn, the other was a medicated or sweetened beer, due to the addition of honey, or system of brewing.

   • 1909, Johann David Wyss (Susannah Mary Paull, translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page 462:

     I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn, including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.

2. (US, Canada, Australia, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
   • 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States‎^[3]:

     The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.

   • 1998 February 18, Colin G. Calloway, New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America‎^[4], JHU Press, →ISBN, pages 51-52:

     Corn was the staff of life for many Indian people before contact, and it became the staff of life for many European colonists. Corn was higher in nutrition than most other grain crops. John Lawson, who travelled in South Carolina and into the interior Indian country in 1701, was one of the many colonists who sang the praises of corn.

3. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.

   He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.

4. A small, hard particle.
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     corn of sand

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     a corn of powder

corn (Zea mays)

派生語

派生した語

• Tok Pisin: kon
• → Maori: kānga

参考

動詞

corn (三人称単数 現在形 corns, 現在分詞 corning, 過去形および過去分詞形 corned)

1. (US, Canada) to granulate; to form a substance into grains

   to corn gunpowder

2. (US, Canada) to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
3. (US, Canada) to provide with corn (typically maize; または, in Scotland, oats) for feed

   Corn the horses.

4. (transitive) to render intoxicated

   ale strong enough to corn one

語源 2

From Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornu.

Feet with corns

名詞

corn (複数形 corns)

1. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
   • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene v]:

     Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes / Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you.

   Synonym: clavus

下位語

• callus

語源 3

This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.

名詞

corn (uncountable)

1. (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, または writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.^[2]
   • 1975, Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,

     He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.

   • 1986, Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy:

     There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn, but the audience didn't mind.

   • 2007, Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family:

     The bulk of this humor was pure corn, but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.

派生語

語源 4

From the resemblance to white corn kernels.

名詞

corn (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.

   Synonym: corn snow

参照

アナグラム

• Cron

語源

From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Cognate with Old Frisian korn, Old Saxon korn (Low German Koorn), Dutch koren, Old High German korn, Old Norse korn, Gothic ���������� (kaurn).

発音

• IPA^(key): /korn/, [korˠn]

名詞

corn n

1. corn, a grain or seed
   • 880-1150, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     Hīe wǣron benumene æġðer ġe ðæs ċēapes ġe ðæs cornes.

     They were deprived both of cattle and of corn.

2. a cornlike pimple, a corn on the foot

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English: corn, corne, korn, coorn, curn, coren, koren
  • English: corn
    • Tok Pisin: kon
    • → Maori: kānga
  • Scots: corn, curn
  • Yola: coorn

接尾辞

-corn

1. horn(s)

   ‎Latin caducus + ‎-corn → ‎caducicorn

   ‎culmen + ‎-corn → ‎culminicorn

   ‎deca- + ‎-corn → ‎decacorn

アナグラム

• Cron