cornetto
noun/kɔːˈnetəʊ/
/kɔːrˈnetəʊ/
(plural cornetti
(from Italian)/kɔːˈneti/
/kɔːrˈneti/
)- an early musical instrument consisting of a curved tube with holes in that you cover with your fingers while blowing into the endTopics Musicc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of corno ‘horn’, from Latin cornu. Compare with cornet.
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