Home › Words › C › cornopeancornopeancornopean means A large valved horn or trumpet, similar to the orchestral cornet (cornet-à-piston).EtymologyFrom Latin cornus (“horn”) + English paean (“song of praise”).nounA large valved horn or trumpet, similar to the orchestral cornet (cornet-à-piston).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.corneter 67% match — One who plays a cornet. vs cornopean →cornett 66% match — An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument. vs cornopean →cromorne 65% match — A French woodwind instrument resembling the crumhorn. vs cornopean →cornet 65% match — A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. vs cornopean →cornist 65% match — A cornetist vs cornopean →cornemuse 64% match — A French musical instrument very similar to bagpipes. vs cornopean →corniculate 64% match — Horned; having horns. vs cornopean →cornu 64% match — A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn. vs cornopean →