French horn

noun

1. a musical brass wind instrument with a long, coiled tube having a conical bore and a flaring bell.

French horn

noun

1. music a valved brass instrument with a funnel-shaped mouthpiece and a tube of conical bore coiled into a spiral. It is a transposing instrument in F. Range: about three and a half octaves upwards from B on the second leger line below the bass staff See horn

French horn

1. A mellow-sounding brass instrument, pitched lower than a trumpet and higher than a tuba .

Word History and Origins

Origin of French horn¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

The two old French-horn players were lying at the door soaking in the rain, but also asleep.

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“1 french horn” and “3 trumpets” are listed in the Dick account.

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A horrible screaming fiddle, a grumbling violoncello, and a deafening French-horn, composed the band.

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He then came home, talked eternally, and played upon the French-horn.

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