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cor

horn (music)

noun kor Rare
Arts & Culture Music

Origin: From Latin cornu (horn).

Also means

corn (foot ailment)

Usage Note

cor has two main meanings: a musical brass instrument (le cor de chasse, the hunting horn; le cor d'harmonie, the French horn) and a painful callus on a toe. À cor et à cri (lit. 'with horn and cry') is a fixed expression meaning 'clamorously, insistently'. The plural cors covers both senses.

Examples

"Elle joue du cor dans l'orchestre."

Natural Translation

She plays the horn in the orchestra.

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