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Meaning of bagpipes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbæɡˌpaɪps

Definitions

  1. A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
    plural, plural-normally
  2. tripe, nonsense
  3. gullet
  4. gullet (neck)

Equivalents

Български гайда
Català cornamusa gaita
Čeština dudy
Ελληνικά γκάιντα
Esperanto sakŝalmo
Español gaita
Suomi säkkipilli
Français cornemuse
Gaeilge píb
Gàidhlig pìob pìob-mhòr
Galego gaita
Magyar duda
Հայերեն պարկապզուկ
Íslenska sekkjapípa
日本語 バグパイプ
ქართული გუდასტვირი
Қазақша желбуаз
한국어 백파이프
Latina utriculus
Lëtzebuergesch Duddelsak
Lietuvių dūdmaišis
Македонски гајда
Nederlands doedelzak
Polski dudy
Português gaita de foles
Română cimpoi gaidă
Русский волынка
Slovenčina gajdy
Slovenščina dude
Svenska säckpipa
Türkçe gayda
Українська волинка
Tiếng Việt kèn túi

Examples

“Bagpipes are traditionally played in most Celtic regions and many former parts of the British Empire.”
““Iʼll tell you something: there is nothing in the world like the sound of the bagpipes to raise a manʼs morale, to lift his spirits, and give him strength.””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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