English horn

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English horn

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Calque of French cor anglais.

noun English horns

A woodwind instrument similar to an oboe, but larger and pitched a fifth lower.
Similar: cor anglais

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@misc{english_horn_2026,
  title = {English horn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/english%20horn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}