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Cor anglais

//ˌkɔːɹ ˈɒŋɡleɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.
  2. 2
    a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch wordnet

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.

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