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- [floo-guh l-hawrn; German fly-guh l-hawrn]
- /ˈflu gəlˌhɔrn; German ˈflü gəlˌhɔrn/
- /flˈuːɡəlhˌɔːn/
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- [floo-guh l-hawrn; German fly-guh l-hawrn]
- /ˈflu gəlˌhɔrn; German ˈflü gəlˌhɔrn/
Definitions of flugelhorn word
- noun flugelhorn a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands. 1
- noun flugelhorn A valved brass musical instrument like a cornet but with a mellower tone. 1
- noun flugelhorn a type of valved brass instrument consisting of a tube of conical bore with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used esp in brass bands. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or C, and has the same range as the cornet in B flat 0
- noun flugelhorn A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves. 0
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Origin of flugelhorn
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < German, equivalent to Flügel wing + Horn horn
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Parts of speech for Flugelhorn
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flugelhorn popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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