flugelhorn
English
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Flügelhorn.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Flügelhorn
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Cognates and derived terms
- flugelhornist English
- Flügel German
- Flügelhorn German
- Horn German
- flicorno Italian
- flygilhorn Icelandic