🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

원뿔

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wonppul

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cone/koʊn/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"아이스크림을 원뿔 모양의 과자에 담아 주었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat, usually circular base to a point called the apex.

    "The party hat was shaped like a brightly colored paper cone."
  2. 2

    The dry, woody fruit of a conifer tree containing its seeds.

    "Pine cones littered the forest floor beneath the tall evergreen trees."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Ancient Greek word kōnos, meaning 'pine cone' or 'spinning top', which entered Latin as conus. The term evolved mathematically in the early modern period to describe the three-dimensional geometric shape tapering smoothly from a flat base to a point.

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