French horn
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- noun
- /frɛntʃ hɔrn/
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francés
- As a French horn player and a pianist, she performed with a symphonic orchestra.
- French horn player
- French horn, bassoon
- French horn and clarinet
Arthur is a professional French horn player turned social scientist turned happiness guru.
- Arthur is a professional French horn player turned social scientist turned happiness guru.
- Do you ever heard a French horn player in tune?
Examples
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In school, I decided to learn the French horn because of its beautiful sound.
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I could also hear a French horn part that comes in.
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Yeah, we're adding a French horn to the group.
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That is a French horn, actually.
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I played French horn in the marching band.
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Benton has played the French horn since the sixth grade and is in both band and choir in college.
Blog text (21) -
In general, women who want orchestral work do better to avoid anything heavier than the cello, the clarinet, and the French horn.
Academic text (1993) -
There was dancing every evening, for we had a complete band, with 5 accordions, 3 violins, 4 flutes, a zither, and 2 French horns.
Academic text (1993) -
The musician expertly played the French horn during the concert, captivating the audience.
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The French horn has a mellow tone that blends well with the strings in an orchestra.
Synonyms
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2.9
A brass instrument with a coiled tube and flared bell
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3.4
A musical instrument played by blowing and making your lips buzz on a metal mouthpiece, like a trumpet or trombone
How Mellow
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward attributive compound where 'French' modifies 'horn', so a learner who knows both words will infer it is a kind of horn (i.e., a musical instrument) likely associated with France or French style. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift in meaning and similar nationality+object compounds are cross-linguistically transparent, so the basic instrument sense is recoverable by a B1 learner.
Etymology
The name French horn may come from old hunting instruments: the word horn described the curved bugle hunters used, and the word French shows that this style came from France. Musicians copied the curled brass tube for the orchestra, so the name now means the rounded brass instrument with a warm sound.