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flügelhorn
or flu·gel·horn, flue·gel·horn
[ floo-guhl-hawrn; German fly-guhl-hawrn ]
noun
- a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.
flugelhorn
/ ˈfluːɡəlˌhɔːn /
noun
- 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
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Other Words From
- flügel·hornist flugel·hornist fluegel·hornist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flügelhorn1
1850–55; < German, equivalent to Flügel wing + Horn horn
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flügelhorn1
German Flügelhorn , from Flügel wing + Horn horn
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Example Sentences
For all my posing I made straight As, had a mouth full of braces, and played the coronet and the flugelhorn in the school band.
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