see|Horn|hörn
English

Etymology
From OE..

Pronunciation
(RP): AHD|hôn, IPA|/h��n/, SAMPA|/hO:n/
(US): AHD|hôrn, IPA|/h��rn/, SAMPA|/hO:rn/
audio|en-us-horn.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��(r)n

Noun
en-noun|horns|-

1. countable A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals.
2. uncountable The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.

#:an umbrella with a handle made of horn

1. countable Any of several musical wind instruments.
2. countable An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.

#:hunting horn

1. countable A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
2. countable A conical device used to direct waves.

#:antenna horn
#:loudspeaker horn

1. context|informal|countable Generally, any brass wind instrument.
2. context|slang|countable|from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes A telephone.
3. context|uncountable|coarse|slang|definite article An erection of the penis.
4. context|countable|coarse|slang|definite article A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land. "to navigate around the horn."

Usage notes
When used alone to refer to an instrument, horn can mean either "hunting horn" or "French horn", depending on context. Other instruments are identified by specific adjectives such as "English horn" or "basset horn".

Synonyms
(growth on the heads of certain animals):
(hard substance from which horns are made): keratin
(any of several musical wind instruments):
(instrument used to signal others):
(loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle): hooter, klaxon
(conical device used to direct waves): funnel
(informal: generally, any brass wind instrument):
(slang: telephone): blower (UK), dog and bone (Cockney rhyming slang), phone
(coarse slang: erection): boner (US), hard-on, stiffy

Translations
trans-top|growth on the heads of certain animals
Albanian: bri m
Bulgarian: �ог m
Catalan: banya f
Croatian: rog m
Czech: roh m
Dutch: hoorn m
Erzya: ���о (sjuro)
Esperanto: korno
Estonian: sarv
Finnish: sarvi
French: corne f
German: Horn n
Greek,
:Ancient: κέ�α� (kéras) n
:Modern: κέ�α�ο (kérato) n
Hungarian: szarv
Italian: corno m
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Komi: ��� (xjur)
Korean: � (ppul)
Persian: FAchar|شاخ (šâx)
Polish: róg m
Portuguese: chifre m, corno m
Rohingya: cíng
Romani: shing
Romanian: corn m
Russian: �ог (rog) m
Slovene: rog m
Spanish: cuerno m, cacho m italbrac|Bolivia|Central America|Colombia|Chile|Ecuador|Peru|Venezuela - colloquial
Swedish: horn#Swedish|horn n
Telugu: ��మ�మ� (kommu)
Ukrainian: ��г (riɦ) m, �оги (róɦy) p
Zulu: upondo (nc 11)
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trans-top|hard substance from which horns are made
Bulgarian: �огово ве�е��во (rogovo veštestvo) n
Czech: rohovina f
Dutch: hoorn n
Finnish: sarvi
French: corne f
German Horn n
Greek: κε�α�ίνη (keratíni) f
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Polish: róg m
Portuguese: corno m
Russian: �ог (rog) m
Slovene: roževina f
Spanish: queratina f
Swedish: horn#Swedish|horn n
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trans-top|any of several musical wind instruments
Czech: roh m
Dutch: horen m
Finnish: torvi
French: cor#French|cor m
German: Waldhorn n (French horn)
Greek: κέ�α� (keras) n, κ��νο (korno) n, (French horn) γαλλικ� κ��νο (galiko korno) n
Hungarian: kürt
Italian: corno m
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Polish: tuba f
Russian: �ожок (rožók) m
Slovene: rog m
Spanish: viento m
Swedish: horn#Swedish|horn n
Telugu: బ�ర (boora)
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trans-top|instrument used to signal others
Dutch: hoorn m
German: Jagdhorn n (hunting horn)
Greek: κέ�α� (keras) n
Italian: corno m
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Persian: FAchar|ب�� (boogh)
Russian: г�док (gudók) m
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trans-top|loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle
Catalan: clàxon m
Dutch: toeter, claxon
Finnish: torvi, töötti
French: klaxon m
German: Hupe f
Greek: κ��να (korna) f, κλάξον (klakson) n
Indonesian: klakson#Indonesian|klakson
Italian: clacson m
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Polish: klakson#Polish|klakson m
Portuguese: buzina f
Spanish: bocina f italbrac|Argentina|Chile|Guatemala|Spain|Uruguay, claxon m italbrac|Mexico|Peru|Spain, corneta f italbrac|Venezuela, fotuto m italbrac|Cuba, pito m italbrac|Colombia|Costa Rica|El Salvador|Honduras|Mexico|Nicaragua|Panama|Spain
Swedish: tuta c
Telugu: బ�ర (boora), హారన� (haaranu)
Ukrainian: �и�ена (syréna) f
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trans-top|conical device used to direct waves
Dutch: horen m
German: Horn n
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trans-top|informal: generally, any brass wind instrument
Bulgarian: �ог m
German: Blech n
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trans-top|slang: telephone
Bulgarian: �еле�он m
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trans-top|coarse slang: erection
Bulgarian: е�ек�и� f
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|�ر�
ttbc|Bulgarian: д��ов м�зикален ин����мен� m (3)
ttbc|German: Horn n (1, 2, 3, 5, 6), Trichter m (5), Telefon n (7)
ttbc|Indonesian: tanduk (1), zat tanduk (2), tanjidor (3)
ttbc|Latin: cornu n
ttbc|Occitan: bana f
ttbc|Spanish: cuerno m (1,2,3)

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "horn"
French horn
have the horn
horned
horn in
rel-mid
horn of plenty
hornless
horny
shoehorn
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Category:1000 English basic words

Icelandic

Adjective
horn-

1. angular

Derived terms
hornhraði
hornhröðun
horngráða
hornfjarlægð
hornmál

Icelandic declension hk sb 01|horn

Noun
horn n

1. #English|horn (of an animal)
2. corner
3. angle
4. #English|horn (musical instrument)

Derived terms
hornafleiða
hornamál

Category:Icelandic adjectives
Category:Icelandic nouns

Old English

Etymology
Common Ger.|ang *hornaz.

Noun
horn n

1. #English|horn

Category:Old English nouns

Swedish

Noun
horn (plural horn, definitive singular hornet#Swedish|hornet, definitive plural hornen)

1. #English|Horn (growth on animals' heads, substance from which animals' horns are made, musical instrument)

Category:Swedish nouns

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