horn

[US]/hɔːn/
[UK]/hɔːrn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. horn, antenna, trumpet, alarm
Word Forms
Past Tensehorned
Present Participlehorning
Past Participlehorned
Third Person Singularhorns
Pluralhorns

Phrases & Collocations

blow the horn

blow the horn

horn section

hornsekksjon

honk the horn

honk the horn

car horn

car horn

horn in

horn i

dorsal horn

dorsal horn

cape horn

Kap Horn

anterior horn

foran horn

horn antenna

hornantenne

french horn

fransk horn

air horn

lufthorn

rhinoceros horn

nosehorn

hunting horn

jagthorn

posterior horn

bakre horn

english horn

engelsk horn

Example Sentences

This horn is out of tune.

Dette blæret er ut av tune.

The horn blew loudly.

Blæret blåste høyt.

she got on the horn to complain.

hun tok blæret for å klage.

honked the horn with irritation at the delay.

blåste blæret med irriterende på forsinkelsen.

sacral horns of a Minoan type.

sakrale blæret av en minoisk type.

The knife has a horn handle.

Blyeret har et blæret håndtak.

The horn resounded through the forest.

Blæret ekkoet gjennom skogen.

The blare of horns could be heard in the distance.

Blæret kunne høres fra avstanden.

all the time he was horning his wife.

hele tiden var han i konflikt med sin kone.

ribby, bony-rumped, horned cattle.

ribbe, benet rumpe, hornete sau.

the other horns would be riffing behind him.

de andre blæretene ville riffet bakom ham.

but scarce again his horn he wound.

men knapt igjen vridde han hornet sitt.

The young bull horned the old cow out of the herd.

Den unge okse sparket den gamle koen ut av hjorten.

The lawyers did not want to lock horns with the judge.

Advokatene ville ikke ha konflikt med retten.

Real-world Examples

Let me just show you this horn.

La meg bare vise deg denne hornet.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

You want to take off my horns.

Du vil ta av mine horn.

Source: Canadian drama "Saving Hope" Season 1

Right here is one of our fog horns.

Her er en av våre fyrhorns.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2020 Collection

It has two short horns on its head.

Det har to korte horn på hodet sitt.

Source: IELTS Listening

A goat has two horns on its head.

En geit har to horn på hodet sitt.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

They really grabbed that opportunity by the horns.

De grepet etter den muligheten med hornene.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

He has the longest horns in the world.

Han har de lengste hornene i verden.

Source: VOA Special September 2015 Collection

And this thing is a horn of ugly.

Og dette her er et horn av ugle.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

A formation of cars blasted their horns in delight.

En formasjon av biler blåste deres horn av glede.

Source: Time

Others sounded car horns while driving through the streets.

Andre blåste bilhorn mens de kjørte gjennom gatene.

Source: VOA Special May 2018 Collection

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