Phrase guide

French horn

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: horn

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brass, brass instrument

History

Etymology

From French + horn.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վալտորն (valtorn) — musical instrument
  • Belarusian: валто́рна (valtórna) — musical instrument
  • Bulgarian: ва́лдхорна (váldhorna) — musical instrument
  • Catalan: trompa — musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法國號 /法国号 (Fǎguóhào) — musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓號 /圆号 (yuánhào) — musical instrument
  • Corsican: cornu — musical instrument
  • Czech: lesní roh — musical instrument
  • Dutch: hoorn — musical instrument
  • Finnish: käyrätorvi — musical instrument
  • French: cor d'harmonie — musical instrument
  • Georgian: ვალტორნა (valṭorna) — musical instrument
  • German: Waldhorn — musical instrument
  • Hebrew: קרן יער (kéren yá'ar) — musical instrument
  • Hungarian: kürt — musical instrument
  • Hungarian: vadászkürt — musical instrument
  • Italian: corno francese — musical instrument
  • Italian: corno — musical instrument
  • Lithuanian: valtorna — musical instrument
  • Māori: pūwīwī — musical instrument
  • Polish: waltornia — musical instrument
  • Polish: róg — musical instrument
  • Portuguese: trompa — musical instrument
  • Romanian: corn francez — musical instrument
  • Romanian: corn de armonie — musical instrument
  • Russian: валто́рна (valtórna) — musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: хорна — musical instrument
  • Sicilian: cornu — musical instrument
  • Slovene: francoski rog — musical instrument
  • Spanish: trompa — musical instrument
  • Swahili: baragumu ya kifaransa — musical instrument
  • Swedish: valthorn — musical instrument
  • Turkish: korno — musical instrument
  • Ukrainian: валто́рна (valtórna) — musical instrument
  • Welsh: corn Ffrengig — musical instrument