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bagpipes

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

Españolgaita
Françaiscornemuse
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Българскигайда
Bosanskidudegajdekozaгајде
Češtinadudygajdy
Esperantosakŝalmo
Gaeilgepíb
Galegogaita
Hrvatskidudegajdekozaгајде
Magyarduda
Հայերենպարկապզուկ
Íslenskasekkjapípa
ქართულიგუდასტვირი
Қазақ тіліжелбуаз
한국어백파이프
Latinautriculus
LëtzebuergeschDuddelsak
Lietuviųdūdmaišis
Македонскигајда
Nederlandsdoedelzak
Portuguêsgaita de foles
Românăcimpoigaidă
Русскийволынка
Slovenčinagajdy
Slovenščinadude
Српскиdudegajdekozaгајде
Svenskasäckpipa
Türkçegayda
Українськаволинка
Tiếng Việtkèn 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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