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