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 եղջերափող (angliakan ełǰerapʿoł)
Basque: adar ingeles
Belarusian: англі́йскі ражо́к m (anhlíjski ražók)
Bengali: ইংলিশ হর্ন (iṅliś hôrnô)
Catalan: corn anglès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 英國管／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/
Audio (file)

Noun

cor anglais m (plural cors anglais)

(music) cor anglais, English horn