post horn

See also: posthorn and Posthorn

English

post horn

Alternative forms

• posthorn
• post-horn

Noun

post horn (plural post horns)

1. (historical) A type of brass horn used to signal the arrival or departure of a postrider or mailcoach.
2. (music) A valveless musical instrument based on such a horn, used in orchestral music.

Translations

horn formerly used by postmen

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: posthoorn (nl) m
• Finnish: postitorvi (fi)
• French: cornet (fr) m
• German: Posthorn (de) n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: posthorn (no) n

  Nynorsk: posthorn n

• Polish: trąbka pocztowa f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: почто́вый рожо́к m (počtóvyj rožók)
• Spanish: corneta de posta f, cornamusa (es) f
• Swedish: posthorn (sv) n

musical instrument

• Catalan: corn de posta (ca) m
• Finnish: postitorvi (fi)
• German: Posthorn (de) n
• Swedish: posthorn (sv) n

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