cornucopia

UK/ˌkɔː.njəˈkəʊ.pi.ə//ˌkɔɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/

cornucopia noun: 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.

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Noun

cornucopia (countable and uncountable, plural cornucopias or cornucopiae or (archaic) cornucopiæ)

(Greek) 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.
- Device, an anchor held by a hand from the clouds: behind the anchor are a kind of brackets, in the form of cornucopiæ, croſſed; […]1786, Typographical Antiquities: or An Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland: […], volume II, London: […] [F]or the Editor, and sold by Mr. T. Payne...
- It soon came: as they were on their way to a transparency of their majesties, not a little larger than life—with Bellona, in a very handsome helmet, on one side, and Peace, with a cornucopia and a full blown wreath of roses, on the other—the path was interrupted by a little knot of gentlemen.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 59
A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
An abundance or plentiful supply.
- The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.
- These days, thanks to the cornucopia of online dance classes and tutorials, you can almost imagine yourself to be a dancer.2020 April 21, Marina Harss, “Twist, Bend, Reach, Step: A Merce Cunningham Solo Anyone Can Try”, in The New York Times

cornucopia meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog

cornucopia in Tamil

செழிப்பின் சின்னம், கிரேக்க புராணங்களின்படி, ஆட்டின் கொம்பு, செழிப்பு

cornucopia in Urdu

شاخ وفور

cornucopia in Kannada

ಅಕ್ಷಯ ಪಾತ್ರೆ, ಸಮೃದ್ಧಿ, ಪುಷ್ಕಳತೆ, ಕೊಂಬುದಾನಿ

cornucopia in Tagalog

mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink: kornukopya

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cornucopia in Arabic: قرن الوفرة
cornucopia in Malay: kornukopia
cornucopia in Indonesian: kornukopia
cornucopia in Persian: شاخ نعمت
cornucopia in Thai: กรวยแห่งความอุดมสมบูรณ์
cornucopia in Myanmar: ပဒေသာပင် pa.desapang

Examples of cornucopia in a sentence

Despite its sparse syntax, the expressiveness and flexibility of the λ-calculus make it a cornucopia of logic and mathematics. The Lambda Calculus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
On these the details of the cornucopiae resemble those familiar in the Hellenistic world: from the horn, filleted and filled to overflowing with bunches of grapes, […]1975, Yaʻaḳov Meshorer, Nabataean Coins, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, page 25:
The two cornucopiae carried by the figure likely identify her as Isis, but they also make clear her inanimate status.2021, Stephanie Pearson, “[The Lure of Egyptian Treasures] Egyptian Gods as Lamp Stands”, in The Triumph and Trade of Egyptian Objects in...
The bulk of the benefits were flowing to China, which became the low-cost producer for the developed world, and to consumers in advanced economies whose shops offered a cornucopia of cheaper goods.2025 January 23, Ned Temko, “Is the West’s liberal template broken?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

All 13 example sentences with cornucopia

Synonyms of cornucopia

All synonyms of cornucopia

Forms of cornucopia

plural	cornucopias
plural	cornucopiae
plural (archaic)	cornucopiæ

Plural of cornucopia: cornucopias or cornucopiae

Origin of cornucopia

Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.

Words formed from cornucopia

Phrases with cornucopia

Questions about cornucopia

What does cornucopia mean?: 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 or three dimensions.
What is cornucopia in Tamil?: Cornucopia in Tamil is செழிப்பின் சின்னம், கிரேக்க புராணங்களின்படி, ஆட்டின் கொம்பு. See Cornucopia meaning in Tamil.
How do you use cornucopia in a sentence?: Despite its sparse syntax, the expressiveness and flexibility of the λ-calculus make it a cornucopia of logic and mathematics. The Lambda Calculus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
What part of speech is cornucopia?: Cornucopia is a noun.
How do you pronounce cornucopia?: Cornucopia is pronounced /ˌkɔː.njəˈkəʊ.pi.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of cornucopia?: The plural of cornucopia is cornucopias.

Words near cornucopia in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: cornucopia (page history and authors); cornucopia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cornucopia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cornucopia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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