cor anglais

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɔːɹ ˈɒŋɡleɪ/
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• General-American: /ˌkɔɹ ɔŋˈɡleɪ/
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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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.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: անգլիական եղջերափող (angliakan eġǰerapʻoġ) — woodwind instrument
• Basque: adar ingeles — woodwind instrument
• Belarusian: англі́йскі ражо́к (anhlíjski ražók) — woodwind instrument
• Bengali: ইংলিশ হর্ন (iṅliś horno) — woodwind instrument
• Catalan: corn anglès — woodwind instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 英國管 /英国管 (Yīngguó guǎn) — woodwind instrument
• Czech: anglický roh — woodwind instrument
• Danish: engelskhorn — woodwind instrument
• Dutch: Engelse hoorn — woodwind instrument
• Dutch: althobo — woodwind instrument
• Esperanto: angla korno — woodwind instrument
• Estonian: inglissarv — woodwind instrument
• Estonian: altoboe — woodwind instrument
• Finnish: englannintorvi — woodwind instrument
• French: cor anglais — woodwind instrument
• West-Frisian: althobo — woodwind instrument
• West-Frisian: Ingelske hoarn — woodwind instrument
• Galician: corno inglés — woodwind instrument
• German: Englischhorn — woodwind instrument
• Greek: αγγλικό κόρνο (anglikó kórno) — woodwind instrument
• Greek: κορ ανγκλέ (kor angklé) — woodwind instrument
• Hebrew: קֶרֶן אַנְגְּלִית (qɛrɛn ʾangəlīṯ) — woodwind instrument
• Hungarian: angolkürt — woodwind instrument
• Icelandic: enskt horn — woodwind instrument
• Icelandic: englahorn — woodwind instrument
• Interlingua: corno anglese — woodwind instrument
• Irish: corn Sasanach — woodwind instrument
• Italian: corno inglese — woodwind instrument
• Japanese: コーラングレ (kōrangure) — woodwind instrument
• Japanese: コールアングレ (kōru angure) — woodwind instrument
• Japanese: イングリッシュホルン (ingurisshu horun) — woodwind instrument
• Japanese: アルトオーボエ (aruto ōboe) — woodwind instrument
• Korean: 잉글리시 호른 (inggeullisi horeun) — woodwind instrument
• Latvian: angļu rags — woodwind instrument
• Norwegian Bokmål: engelsk horn — woodwind instrument
• Norwegian Bokmål: alt-obo — woodwind instrument
• Norwegian Nynorsk: engelsk horn — woodwind instrument
• Persian: کر آنگله — woodwind instrument
• Persian: کرآنگله (korangle) — woodwind instrument
• Polish: rożek angielski — woodwind instrument
• Portuguese: corne inglês — woodwind instrument
• Portuguese: corno inglês — woodwind instrument
• Quechua: Inlish pinkuyllu — woodwind instrument
• Romanian: corn englez — woodwind instrument
• Russian: англи́йский рожо́к (anglíjskij rožók) — woodwind instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: ѐнгле̄скӣ ро̑г — woodwind instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: ènglēskī rȏg — woodwind instrument
• Slovak: anglický roh — woodwind instrument
• Slovene: anglẹ̑ški rọ̑g — woodwind instrument
• Spanish: corno inglés — woodwind instrument
• Swahili: baragumu ya kiingereza — woodwind instrument
• Swedish: engelskt horn — woodwind instrument
• Thai: คอร์ แองเกลส์ (kɔɔ ɛɛng glee) — woodwind instrument
• Turkish: İngiliz kornosu — woodwind instrument
• Turkish: kor angle — woodwind instrument
• Ukrainian: англі́йський ріжо́к (anhlíjsʹkyj rižók) — woodwind instrument
• Yiddish: ענגלישער האָרן — woodwind instrument