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bugle¹
- /ˈbjuːɡəl/
Rhymes with -uːɡəl
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).
noun bugles
- A horn used by hunters.
- A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
- The sound of something that bugles. the bugle of an elk
- A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. Then tooke that squire an horne of bugle small, Which hong adowne his side in twisted gold And tassels gay.
verb bugles · bugling · bugled
-
To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.
“It was as though the very constellations knew our impending sorrow,” he bugled, his head raised to the ceiling, his voice full-throated.
Similar: trumpet
bugle²
- /ˈbjuːɡəl/
Rhymes with -uːɡəl
Where it comes from
From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus.
noun bugles
- A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim. How well so ever I fancied my lectures against pride had conquered the vanity of my daughters; yet I still found them secretly attached to all their former finery: they still loved laces, ribbands, bugles and catgut […]
adjective more bugle · most bugle
- jet-black Bugle eyeballs.
bugle³
- /ˈbjuːɡəl/
Rhymes with -uːɡəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English bugle (“bugleweed”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French bugle, from Medieval Latin bugilla, probably related to Late Latin bugillo.
noun bugles
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A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
Similar: bugleweed, carpet bugle, ground pine, common bugle
Bugle⁴
Where it comes from
Probably named after the Bugle Inn.
proper noun
- A village in Treverbyn parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0158).
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noun music: simple brass instrument
| Español | clarín |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ラッパ rappa, 喇叭 rappa, ビューグル byūguru |
| 中文 | 軍號 /军号 jūnhào, 號角 /号角 hàojiǎo |
| हिन्दी | बिगुल bigul |
| Kiswahili | buruji |
| Português | clarim |
| Français | clairon |
| Deutsch | Bügelhorn |
| Ελληνικά | σάλπιγγα sálpinga |
| Русский | рог rog, рожо́к rožók, горн gorn |
noun tubular glass or plastic bead
| 日本語 | ビューグル byūguru |
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