corniste
French, noun/kɔʁ.nist/
corniste is spelled C-O-R-N-I-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 168,321st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corniste is a French feminine noun meaning “hornist (person who plays the horn)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Musicien ou musicienne instrumentiste qui joue du cor”.
What does corniste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinehornist (person who plays the horn)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musicien ou musicienne instrumentiste qui joue du cor.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of corniste
- cornistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corniste?
- /kɔʁ.nist/
- \kɔʁ.nist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corniste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corniste in French?
corniste appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).