Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flugelhorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: flugel-horn
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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..."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Flügelhorn

Inflected Forms

flugelhorns (plural) fluegelhorn (alternative) flügelhorn (alternative)

Derived Forms

flugelhornist flumpet

Frequently Paired Words

bugle cornet horn saxhorn

Synonyms

fluegelhorn

Questions

What does flugelhorn mean?: 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.
Where does flugelhorn come from?: It is traced to German.

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