コーン

こーん

noun

cone (shape; ice cream; traffic); corn (loanword)

1. cone shape; ice cream cone; traffic cone

A cone-shaped object. Covers geometric cones, the wafer cones used for ice cream, and the bright safety cones used to mark off areas on roads and construction sites.

アイスをコーンで食(た)べた。

I ate the ice cream in a cone.

道路(どうろ)にコーンが並(なら)んでいる。

Traffic cones are lined up on the road.

工事中(こうじちゅう)の場所(ばしょ)は、赤(あか)と白(しろ)のコーンで囲(かこ)まれていた。

The area under construction was surrounded by red and white traffic cones.

2. corn (the grain)

From English "corn." An unrelated loanword that happens to share the same katakana spelling as the "cone" sense; context makes the meaning clear.

サラダにコーンが入(はい)っている。

There's corn in the salad.

Loanword from English "cone" (sense 1) and "corn" (sense 2, the grain) — two unrelated English sources that happen to share the same katakana spelling. Context makes the meaning clear.

Common collocations

アイスクリームコーン (sense 1): ice cream cone
三角(さんかく)コーン (sense 1): traffic cone ("triangle cone")
カラーコーン (sense 1): colored safety cone (often used generically)
コーンの形(かたち) (sense 1): cone shape
コーンスープ (sense 2): corn soup
缶詰(かんづめ)コーン (sense 2): canned corn

Similar words

円錐(えんすい): cone (the technical geometric term)

Related Words

Compare: 円錐(えんすい) (cone)

Related: 軍艦巻(ぐんかんま)き (battleship roll (sushi))

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Added 2026.6.7 11:04 · Revised 2026.10.6 21:39

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