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horn

/hɔːn/ /hɔɹn/

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noun

Corne

A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

Examples :

"The sheep had two sharp horns on its head. "

Le mouton avait deux cornes pointues sur la tête.

animal body part biology anatomy

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Corne, excroissance

Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.

Examples :

"The rhinoceros's horn was unusually large for its age. "

La corne du rhinocéros était inhabituellement grande pour son âge.

animal body physiology mythology appearance

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noun

Bois

Examples :

"The deer shed its horn in the fall. "

Le cerf perd ses bois en automne.

animal body part

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noun

Corne

The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.

Examples :

"an umbrella with a handle made of horn"

un parapluie avec une poignée en corne

animal material substance

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noun

Corne, corne d'abondance

An object whose shape resembles a horn, such as cornucopia, the point of an anvil, or a vessel for gunpowder or liquid.

Examples :

"The blacksmith carefully shaped the anvil's horn to fit the hammer. "

Le forgeron a soigneusement façonné la corne de l'enclume pour qu'elle s'adapte au marteau.

utensil item thing

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noun

Cor, instrument à vent

Any of several musical wind instruments.

Examples :

"The band practiced playing their brass horns every afternoon after school. "

Le groupe s'entraînait à jouer de ses cors en cuivre tous les après-midi après l'école.

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noun

Avertisseur sonore, klaxon

An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.

Examples :

"hunting horn"

Avertisseur de chasse

sound music communication utensil signal vehicle

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Avertisseur sonore, klaxon

A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

Examples :

"The car's horn blared loudly when the driver was stuck in traffic. "

L'avertisseur sonore de la voiture a retenti bruyamment lorsque le conducteur était coincé dans les embouteillages.

vehicle sound machine communication

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noun

Klaxon, corne

A sound signaling the expiration of time.

Examples :

"The shot was after the horn and therefore did not count."

Le tir a été effectué après le klaxon et n'a donc pas compté.

time sound signal

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noun

Corne

A conical device used to direct waves.

Examples :

"antenna horn"

Corne d'antenne

technology sound device

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noun

Cor

Generally, any brass wind instrument.

Examples :

"My brother plays the horn in the school band. "

Mon frère joue du cor dans l'harmonie de l'école.

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Téléphone

(from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.

Examples :

"Get him on the horn so that we can have a discussion about this."

Mettez-le au téléphone pour que nous puissions en discuter.

technology communication machine device

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noun

Érection

(definite article) An erection of the penis.

Examples :

"He was embarrassed because his horn became noticeable under his trousers. "

Il était gêné car son érection est devenue visible sous son pantalon.

anatomy physiology sex body

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noun

Péninsule, cap

A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land.

Examples :

"to navigate around the horn"

naviguer autour du cap

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noun

Un signe diacritique

A diacritical mark that may be attached to the top right corner of the letters o and u when writing in Vietnamese, thus forming ơ and ư.

Examples :

"The Vietnamese teacher explained the use of the horn diacritical mark over the letter o to form the letter ơ. "

Le professeur de vietnamien a expliqué l'utilisation du signe diacritique sur la lettre o pour former la lettre ơ.

language writing linguistics grammar word sign mark

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noun

Éperon

An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).

Examples :

"The milkweed plant's flowers have delicate horns. "

Les fleurs de l'asclépiade ont des éperons délicats.

plant part biology

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verb

Corner

(of an animal) To assault with the horns.

Examples :

"The bull horned the farmer, causing him to stumble backward. "

Le taureau a corné le fermier, le faisant trébucher en arrière.

animal action body

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verb

Pourvoir de cornes

To furnish with horns.

Examples :

"The farmer decided to horn his new calf with a special kind of horn. "

L'agriculteur a décidé de pourvoir son nouveau veau d'une sorte spéciale de corne.

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Tromper, cocufier

Examples :

"The rumors spread quickly that the teacher had horned the principal. "

Les rumeurs se sont rapidement répandues selon lesquelles le professeur avait trompé le proviseur.

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