コーラングレ
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Japanese
Alternative forms
- コールアングレ (kōru angure)
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
Noun
- (music) cor anglais, English horn (type of woodwind instrument)
Synonyms
- (English borrowing) イングリッシュホルン (ingurisshu horun)
- アルトオーボエ (aruto ōboe)