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COR ANGLAIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does cor anglais mean?

• COR ANGLAIS (noun)
The noun COR ANGLAIS has 1 sense:

1. a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch

Familiarity information: COR ANGLAIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COR ANGLAIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cor anglais; English horn

Hypernyms ("cor anglais" is a kind of...):

double reed; double-reed instrument (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)

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