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Meaning of bagpipes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈbæɡˌpaɪps

Definitions

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
tripe, nonsense
gullet
gullet (neck)

Equivalents

العربية قربة مزمار القربة

Български гайда

Bosanski dude gajde koza гајде

Català cornamusa gaita

Čeština dudy gajdy

Deutsch Dudelsack Sackpfeife

Ελληνικά άσκαυλος γκάιντα

Esperanto sakŝalmo

Español gaita

Suomi säkkipilli

Français cornemuse

Gaeilge píb

Gàidhlig pìob pìob-mhòr

Galego gaita

עברית חֵמֶת חֲלִילִים

Hrvatski dude gajde koza гајде

Magyar duda

Հայերեն պարկապզուկ

Íslenska sekkjapípa

Italiano cornamusa pive zampogna

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 kobza koza

Português gaita de foles

Română cimpoi gaidă

Русский волынка

Slovenčina gajdy

Slovenščina dude

Српски dude gajde koza гајде

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

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

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