unikorn

Indonesian

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

• “unikorn” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

unikorn

1. Alternative form of unicorne