Japanese

コーン (kōn): a cone.

Noun

コーン ‎(romaji kōn)

1. a cone

Synonyms

• 円錐 (えんすい) ‎(ensui)

Etymology 2

コーン (kōn): a bowl of corn soup.

Borrowing from English corn.^[1][2]

Noun

コーン ‎(romaji kōn)

1. corn, especially loose-kernel corn

Usage notes

Often used in compounds.

The more common term for corn on the cob is トウモロコシ ‎(tōmorokoshi), also spelled in kanji as 玉蜀黍.

Derived terms

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan