French horn

French horn

English

Etymology

French + horn.

Noun

French horn (plural French horns)

1. 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／法国号 (zh) (Fǎguóhào), 圓號／圆号 (zh) (yuánhào) Corsican: cornu m Finnish: käyrätorvi (fi) French: cor d'harmonie (fr) m Georgian: ვალტორნა (valṭorna) German: Waldhorn n Hungarian: kürt (hu), vadászkürt (hu) Italian: corno francese m, corno (it) 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 Sicilian: cornu (scn) m Slovene: francoski rog m Spanish: trompa (es) f Swahili: baragumu ya kifaransa Welsh: corn Ffrengig

See also

• double horn
• trumpet

Further reading

• French horn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia