French horn

English

Etymology

French + horn.

Noun

French horn (plural French horns)

(music, US) A coiled brass musical instrument, derived from the French hunting horn, which has rotary valves.

Derived terms

French hornist

Translations

musical instrument

Armenian: վալտորն (hy) (valtorn)
Catalan: trompa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法國號 (zh), 法国号 (zh) (Fǎguóhào), 圓號, 圆号 (yuánhào)
Finnish: käyrätorvi (fi)
French: cor d'harmonie (fr) m
German: Waldhorn n
Hungarian: kürt (hu), vadászkürt (hu)

Italian: corno francese m
Polish: waltornia (pl)
Portuguese: trompa (pt) f
Romanian: corn francez n, corn de armonie n
Russian: валто́рна (ru) f (valtórna)
Serbo-Croatian: хорна m
Slovene: francoski rog m
Swahili: baragumu ya kifaransa

See also

double horn
trumpet

Further reading

French horn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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