cornet à pistonn.

Brit.

/ˌkɔːnɪt ə ˈpɪstən/,

/ˌkɔːneɪ a pɪˈstɒ̃/, U.S.

/kɔrˌnɛd ə ˈpɪstən/,

/kɔrˌneɪ ɑ piˈstɑ̃/

Inflections: Plural cornets à piston.

Forms:

α. 1800s– cornet a piston, 1800s– cornet à piston, 1800s– cornet a pistons, 1800s– cornet à pistons.

β. 1800s cornet de piston.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French cornet à piston.

Etymology: < French cornet à piston (also, with final element in the plural, cornet à pistons) (1833 or earlier) < cornet cornet n.¹ + à with + piston piston n.The β. forms show substitution of de prep. for à.

A valved brass instrument similar to a trumpet but shorter and with a wider mouth; = cornet n.¹ 3. Formerly also: †a person who plays this instrument (obsolete).

ΚΠ

1834 Morning Post 5 Apr. (advt.) Mr. Collinet..is arrived from Paris with his band, to which he has added the celebrated Performer on the newly-invented Trumpet called the Cornet à Pistons.

1843 A. Smith Physiol. Evening Parties (1846) 67 The cornet-à-piston would long ere this have dropped fast asleep.

1856 M. C. Clarke tr. H. Berlioz Treat. Mod. Instrumentation 149 The cornet-a-pistons is very much the fashion in France at present.

1920 Times 25 Feb. 14/3 ‘Cocardes’, sung by M. Koubitzky to the accompaniment of one violin, cornet-à-piston, trombone, side-drum, and triangle.

2011 Amer. Music 29 456 A solo played by the cornet à piston rises above the rolling accompaniment and momentarily takes the listener out of the scene.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	cornet à piston
释义	cornet à pistonn. Brit. /ˌkɔːnɪt ə ˈpɪstən/, /ˌkɔːneɪ a pɪˈstɒ̃/, U.S. /kɔrˌnɛd ə ˈpɪstən/, /kɔrˌneɪ ɑ piˈstɑ̃/ Inflections: Plural cornets à piston. Forms: α. 1800s– cornet a piston, 1800s– cornet à piston, 1800s– cornet a pistons, 1800s– cornet à pistons. β. 1800s cornet de piston. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French cornet à piston. Etymology: < French cornet à piston (also, with final element in the plural, cornet à pistons) (1833 or earlier) < cornet cornet n.¹ + à with + piston piston n.The β. forms show substitution of de prep. for à. A valved brass instrument similar to a trumpet but shorter and with a wider mouth; = cornet n.¹ 3. Formerly also: †a person who plays this instrument (obsolete). ΚΠ 1834 Morning Post 5 Apr. (advt.) Mr. Collinet..is arrived from Paris with his band, to which he has added the celebrated Performer on the newly-invented Trumpet called the Cornet à Pistons. 1843 A. Smith Physiol. Evening Parties (1846) 67 The cornet-à-piston would long ere this have dropped fast asleep. 1856 M. C. Clarke tr. H. Berlioz Treat. Mod. Instrumentation 149 The cornet-a-pistons is very much the fashion in France at present. 1920 Times 25 Feb. 14/3 ‘Cocardes’, sung by M. Koubitzky to the accompaniment of one violin, cornet-à-piston, trombone, side-drum, and triangle. 2011 Amer. Music 29 456 A solo played by the cornet à piston rises above the rolling accompaniment and momentarily takes the listener out of the scene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1834
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