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

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