cor anglais
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cor anglais
- /ˌkɔːɹ ˈɒŋɡleɪ/ UK
- /ˌkɔɹ ɔŋˈɡleɪ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪ
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Borrowed from French cor anglais (literally “English horn”), calqued from a misunderstanding of Middle High German engellisches horn (“angelic horn”), from the resemblance of the instrument to horns played by angels as depicted in the Middle Ages.
noun cors anglais
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A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.
Similar: English horn
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noun woodwind instrument
| Español | corno inglés |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잉글리시 호른 inggeullisi horeun |
| 日本語 | コーラングレ kōrangure, コールアングレ kōru angure, イングリッシュホルン ingurisshu horun, アルトオーボエ aruto ōboe |
| 中文 | 英國管 /英国管 Yīngguó guǎn |
| Kiswahili | baragumu ya kiingereza |
| Português | corne inglês, corno inglês |
| Français | cor anglais |
| Deutsch | Englischhorn |
| Italiano | corno inglese |
| Ελληνικά | αγγλικό κόρνο anglikó kórno, κορ ανγκλέ kor angklé |
| Română | corn englez |
| Русский | англи́йский рожо́к anglíjskij rožók |
| עברית | קֶרֶן אַנְגְּלִית qɛrɛn ʾangəlīṯ |
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