French horn

English thumb|right Etymology en :af French horn + 1 Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-French horn.wav Southern England Noun A coiled brass musical instrument, derived from the French hunting horn, which has rotary valves. en Vanessa Thorpe Musicians launch campaign to save the bassoon as shortage threatens orchestra w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/01/save-the-bassoon-campaign-endangered-instrument 2015-08-01 Using the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double bass. https://web.archive.org/web/20261015141337/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/01/save-the-bassoon-campaign-endangered-instrument 15 October 2026 Derived terms en French hornist Translations musical instrument Armenian: hy վալտորն Belarusian: be валто́рна f Bulgarian: bg ва́лдхорна f Catalan: ca trompa f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 法國號 Fǎguóhào, cmn 圓號 yuánhào Corsican: co cornu m Czech: cs lesní roh m Dutch: nl hoorn m Finnish: fi käyrätorvi French: fr cor d'harmonie m Georgian: ka ვალტორნა German: de Waldhorn n Hebrew: he קרן יער f kéren yá'ar Hungarian: hu kürt, hu vadászkürt Italian: it corno francese m, it corno m Lithuanian: lt valtorna f Māori: mi pūwīwī Polish: pl waltornia f, pl róg m Portuguese: pt trompa f Romanian: ro corn francez n, ro corn de armonie n Russian: ru валто́рна f Serbo-Croatian: sh хорна m Sicilian: scn cornu m Slovene: sl francoski rog m Spanish: es trompa f Swahili: sw baragumu ya kifaransa Swedish: sv valthorn n n-p Turkish: tr korno Ukrainian: uk валто́рна f Welsh: cy corn Ffrengig See also en double horn en trumpet Further reading en terms derived from toponyms en Brass instruments