Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flugelhornist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flugel-hor-nist
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who plays the flugelhorn.

Example Sentences

"Radulph could not help but notice how the breasts of a lady flugelhornist trembled whenever she blew into her instrument."
"Shank returned in 1974 in the company of the LA Four, a Latin-influenced, cool-bop ensemble that featured Almeida and the great double bassist Ray Brown - sometimes extending this successful group's style into broader recording projects, including the excellent trumpeter and flugelhornist Bobby Shew."

Etymology

From flugelhorn + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flugelhorn

Inflected Forms

flugelhornists (plural)

Questions

What does flugelhornist mean?: One who plays the flugelhorn.
Where does flugelhornist come from?: From flugelhorn + -ist.

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