Corneous — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈuːs/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈɔːniəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈɔːniəs/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈuːs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

horny hornlike

Word Forms

horn

noun

the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

körnig

aus Horn (oder einer hornähnlichen Substanz) hergestellt

🇫🇷French

corné

fait de corne (ou d'une substance ressemblant à de la corne)

🇪🇸Spanish

córneo

hecho de cuerno (o de una sustancia parecida al cuerno)

🇮🇹Italian

corneo

fatto di corno (o di una sostanza simile al corno)

🇳🇱Dutch

hoornachtig

gemaakt van hoorn (of van een stof die op hoorn lijkt)

🇵🇹Portuguese

córneo

feito de chifre (ou de uma substância semelhante a chifre)

🇷🇺Russian

роговой

сделанный из рога (или из вещества, напоминающего рог)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कड़ा

सींग से बना (या सींग जैसा कोई पदार्थ)

🇧🇩Bengali

কর্নিয়াস

শিং দিয়ে তৈরি (বা শিংয়ের মতো একটি পদার্থ)

🇮🇳Tamil

கார்னியஸ்

கொம்பினால் ஆனது (அல்லது கொம்பை ஒத்த ஒரு பொருளால்)

🇮🇳Telugu

కార్నియస్

కొమ్ముతో తయారు చేయబడింది (లేదా కొమ్మును పోలి ఉండే పదార్ధం)

🇮🇳Marathi

कॉर्नियस

शिंगापासून बनविलेले (किंवा शिंगासारखे दिसणारे पदार्थ)

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોર્નિયસ

શિંગડાથી બનેલું (અથવા હોર્ન જેવા પદાર્થનું)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಾರ್ನಿಯಸ್

ಕೊಂಬಿನಿಂದ ಮಾಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ (ಅಥವಾ ಕೊಂಬನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ ವಸ್ತುವಿನಿಂದ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

കോർണിയസ്

കൊമ്പ് കൊണ്ട് നിർമ്മിച്ചത് (അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കൊമ്പിനോട് സാമ്യമുള്ള ഒരു പദാർത്ഥം)

🇵🇰Urdu

قرنیہ

سینگ سے بنا ہوا (یا سینگ سے ملتا جلتا مادہ)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

角质的

由角（或类似角的物质）制成

🇯🇵Japanese

角質の

角（または角に似た物質）でできたもの

🇰🇷Korean

각질

뿔(또는 뿔과 유사한 물질)로 만들어짐

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có giác mạc

làm bằng sừng (hoặc bằng chất giống sừng)

🇹🇭Thai

เป็นคนเลวทราม

ทำด้วยเขาสัตว์ (หรือสิ่งที่มีลักษณะคล้ายเขาสัตว์)

🇮🇩Indonesian

terangsang

terbuat dari tanduk (atau dari bahan yang menyerupai tanduk)

🇲🇾Malay

kornea

diperbuat daripada tanduk (atau daripada bahan yang menyerupai tanduk)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قرني

مصنوعة من القرن (أو من مادة تشبه القرن)

🇮🇷Persian

قرنیه ای

ساخته شده از شاخ (یا از ماده ای شبیه شاخ)

🇹🇷Turkish

boynuzlu

boynuzdan (veya boynuza benzeyen bir maddeden) yapılmış

🇮🇱Hebrew

קרני

עשוי מקרן (או מחומר הדומה לקרן)

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