schalmei
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Viols, bassoons, schalmeis (ancestors of the clarinet), horns, trumpets, kettle-drums, and other instruments afterward used in the orchestra were known in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, but there were no organizations of them."
- "In 1689 it was ordered in Chemnitz that schalmeis were to be played only by town musicians."
- "This instrument, also called the pommer, is a forerunner of the oboe. it has a narrow, conical bore and a double reed that is held between the lips of the player, as in older schalmeis that had no wind-cap."
Etymology
From German Schalmei, from Middle High German schalmīe, from Old French chalemie. Compare Middle English shalemye.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Schalmei, schalmīe, chalemie