ホーンhoon

Common
Definitions
  1. nounhorn (speaker, klaxon, etc.)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymクラクションNeutralSpecifically the car horn and the everyday word, as in 「クラクションを鳴らす」; 「ホーン」 also covers speakers and the like.
  • RelatedホルンNeutralThe horn used in orchestras and the like; for a car horn or speaker say 「ホーン」, not this.
  • RelatedらっぱNeutralBrass instruments such as the trumpet and bugle, often written 「ラッパ」; not normally used for a car horn.
  • RelatedフレンチホルンNeutralSpecifically the horn with tubing wound in a coil; everyday 「ホルン」 usually means this. Nothing to do with car horns.

For a car horn, say 「クラクション」 in everyday speech; 「ホーン」 appears mostly in technical terms and compounds. For instruments, the orchestral horn is 「ホルン」, and a bugle-style brass horn is 「ラッパ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 角かく
  2. ホルン。
  3. 管楽器かんがっき。
  4. 警笛けいてき。クラクション。
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