flugelhorn
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flugelhorn
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Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn.
noun flugelhorns · fluegelhorn · flügelhorn
- 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. A flugelhorn may be furnished in lieu of the Eb trumpet, a euphonium in lieu of one alto, one Eb alto saxophone, and one Eb baritone saxophone in lieu of two coronets...
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noun brass instrument
| Español | fiscorno |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | フリューゲルホルン furyūgeruhorun |
| 中文 | 富魯格號 /富鲁格号 fùlǔgéháo |
| Português | flugelhorn, fliscorne |
| Français | bugle |
| Deutsch | Flügelhorn |
| Italiano | flicorno, bombardino |
| Русский | флюгельго́рн fljugelʹgórn |
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