コーラングレ

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

• (Tokyo) コーラングレ [kòóráꜜǹgùrè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾã̠ŋɡɯ̟ɾe̞]

Noun

コーラングレ • (kōrangure) 

1. (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)