horn

klaxon

Dispositif d’un véhicule qui produit un bruit fort pour avertir les gens.

En anglais simple : A device on a vehicle that makes a loud sound to warn people.

• Press the horn to warn him.
• The driver sounded her horn twice.
• Why are all those car horns beeping?

Synonymes : hooter, klaxon

Expressions courantes : car horn, sound the horn, horn button

corne

Excroissance dure et pointue sur la tête d’un animal, ou matière qui la compose.

En anglais simple : A hard pointed growth on an animal’s head, or the material it is made of.

• The goat has a broken horn.
• The bull lowered its horns.
• Her old comb was made of horn.

Synonymes : keratin

Expressions courantes : curved horn, horn handle, horn on something

cor

Instrument de musique, généralement en métal, dont on joue en soufflant dedans.

En anglais simple : A musical instrument, usually metal, that you play by blowing into it.

• She plays the horn.
• The orchestra needs two more horn players.
• A horn solo opened the concert.

Expressions courantes : play the horn, french horn, horn section

cor, corne

Instrument dans lequel on souffle pour produire un signal sonore puissant.

En anglais simple : An instrument you blow into to make a loud signal.

• The hunter blew his horn.
• A horn sounded across the valley.
• They used horns to call everyone together.

Expressions courantes : hunting horn, blow a horn, sound a horn

klaxonner

Faire sonner l’avertisseur sonore d’un véhicule.

En anglais simple : To make a vehicle’s warning device sound.

• The driver horned twice.
• She horned at the cyclist ahead.
• Cars kept horning outside the gate.

Comment l'utiliser : horn at someone/something (He horned at a car blocking the entrance.)

Synonymes : honk

Expressions courantes : horn at someone, horn loudly