cornucopia
/ˌkɔɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/noun
cornucopia is spelled C-O-R-N-U-C-O-P-I-A: 10 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cornucopia means “A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cornucopia is cornucopias or cornucopiae; Wiktionary also lists cornucopiæ (archaic).
How many letters and syllables are in cornucopia?
| Letters | 10: C-O-R-N-U-C-O-P-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cornucopia?
Cornucopia appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cornucopia?
- UK /ˌkɔː.njəˈkəʊ.pi.ə/
- US /ˌkɔɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/
- US /ˌkɔɹ.njəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/
Cornucopia has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cornucopia.ogg, En-au-cornucopia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cornucopia?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cornucopia from its last stressed vowel (/oʊpiə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cornucopia
- cornucopias plural
- cornucopiae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cornucopia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.
- 2
A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
- 3
An abundance or plentiful supply.
The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cornucopia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | corne d'abondance |
| German | Füllhorn , Fülle |
| Portuguese | cornucópia |
| Spanish | cornucopia, cuerno de la abundancia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cornucopia come from?
Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).