corne d'abondance
- Domaine
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- ethnologie coutumes et traditions
- Dernière mise à jour
Terme privilégié :
- corne d'abondance n. f.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française,Définition
A curved goat's horn from the mouth of which fruit and ears of grain overflow used as a decoration motif in art, architecture and design (as on furniture, porcelain, and silverwork), emblematic of abundance, and representing the horn of the Greek nymph Amolthea that was endowed with the virtue of becoming filled with whatever its possessor wished.
Terme :
- cornucopia
Terme associé :
- horn of plenty