embouchure
English
/ˌɒm.bʊˈʃʊə/, /ˈɑm.bə.ʃɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (music) The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
- (archaic) The mouth of a river or valley.
Etymology
Borrowed from French embouchure derived from Latin bucca (cheek, mouth).
Origin
Latin
bucca
Gloss
cheek, mouth
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
口
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- buccal English
- bukkaalinen Finnish
- *buccata Latin
- *buccula Latin
- *imbuccāre Latin
- *imbuccō Latin
- bucca Latin
- buccula Latin
- bucculentus Latin
- būca Latin
- bocca Italian
- buccal French
- emboucher French
- embouchure French
- *bʰeHw- Proto-Indo-European
- bochecha Portuguese
- boche Old French
- bouge Old French
- boca Catalan, Valencian
- bucă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- buged Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- boko Ido
- bòc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- boca Old Portuguese
- bucigiar Old Portuguese
- bucã Aromanian
- boca Occitan
- boca Asturian
- bocje Friulian
- bocha Old Occitan
- bucca Sicilian
- buccularu Sicilian
- vucca Sicilian
- buca Dalmatian
- *box Proto-Brythonic
- boke Walloon
- bôche Bourguignon
- vocca Neapolitan
- bucheîn Istriot
- bucun Istriot
- boca Aragonese