cor anglais

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔːɹ ˈɒŋɡleɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɹ ɔŋˈɡleɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

cor anglais (plural cors anglais)

(music) 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.

Synonyms

English horn

Translations

woodwind instrument

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: անգլիական եղջրափող (hy) (angliakan ełǰrapʿoł)
Basque: adar ingeles
Belarusian: англі́йскі ражо́к m (anhlíjski ražók)
Bengali: ইংলিশ হর্ন (ingliś hôrn)
Catalan: corn anglès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 英國管 (zh), 英国管 (zh) (Yīngguó guǎn)
Czech: anglický roh m
Danish: engelskhorn n
Dutch: Engelse hoorn (nl) m or f, althobo (nl) m
Esperanto: angla korno
Estonian: inglissarv, altoboe
Finnish: englannintorvi (fi)
French: cor anglais (fr) m
Galician: corno inglés (gl) m
German: Englischhorn (de) n
Greek: αγγλικό κόρνο (el) n (anglikó kórno), κορ ανγκλέ n (kor angklé)
Hebrew: קֶרֶן אַנְגְּלִית‎ f (qɛrɛn ʾangəlīṯ)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: angolkürt (hu)
Icelandic: enskt horn n, englahorn n
Interlingua: corno anglese
Irish: corn Sasanach m
Italian: corno inglese (it) m

Japanese: コーラングレ (ja) (kōrangure), コールアングレ (kōru angure), イングリッシュホルン (ja) (ingurisshu horun), アルトオーボエ (aruto ōboe)
Korean: 잉글리시 호른 (inggeullisi horeun)
Latvian: angļu rags m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: engelsk horn n, alt-obo m

Nynorsk: engelsk horn n
Persian: کر آنگله‎ (kor angle), کرآنگله‎ (korangle)
Polish: rożek angielski m
Portuguese: corne inglês m, corno inglês m
Quechua: Inlish pinkuyllu
Romanian: corn englez (ro) n
Russian: англи́йский рожо́к (ru) m (anglíjskij rožók)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѐнгле̄скӣ ро̑г m

Roman: ènglēskī rȏg m
Slovak: anglický roh m
Slovene: anglẹ̑ški rọ̑g m
Spanish: corno inglés m
Swahili: baragumu ya kiingereza
Swedish: engelskt horn (sv) n
Thai: คอร์ แองเกลส์ (kɔɔ ɛɛng glee)
Turkish: İngiliz kornosu, kor angle
Ukrainian: англі́йський ріжо́к m (anhlíjsʹkyj rižók)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
West Frisian: althobo, Ingelske hoarn

French

Etymology

Calque of Middle High German engellisches horn (“angelic horn”), by misunderstanding.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/

Noun

cor anglais m (plural cors anglais)

(music) cor anglais, English horn

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