unikorn

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Etymology

From English unicorn, from Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from ūnus (one) + cornū (horn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊnikɔr(ə̆)n]
  • Hyphenation: uni‧korn

Noun

unikorn (first-person possessive unikornku, second-person possessive unikornmu, third-person possessive unikornnya)

  1. unicorn (mythical one-horned horse)
  2. (finance, trading) unicorn, a startup company whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, which is solely backed by venture capitalists, and which has yet to have an IPO.

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

unikorn

  1. Alternative form of unicorne