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em⋅bou⋅chure
[ahm-boo-shoo
r, ahm-boo-shoor; Fr. ahn-boo-shyr] 
–noun, plural -chures [-shoorz; Fr. -shyr] .
[-shoorz; Fr. -shyr] . | 1. | the mouth of a river. |
| 2. | the opening out of a valley into a plain. |
| 3. | Music.
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| em·bou·chure (äm'bŏŏ-shŏŏr') n.
[French, from emboucher, to put or go into the mouth, from Old French : en-, in; see en-1 + bouche, mouth (from Latin bucca, cheek).] |
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Embouchure
Em`bou`chure"\, n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.]1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon. 2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.
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Language Translation for : embouchure
Spanish:
desembocadura, boca, entrada,
German:
die Ein-, Ausfahrt,
Japanese:
出入口
embouchure
1792, from Fr. embouchure "river mouth, mouth of a wind instrument," from en- "in" + bouche "mouth," from L. bucca "cheek."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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