Meaning of bagpipes | Babel Free
ˈbæɡˌpaɪpsDefinitions
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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
Български
гайда
Čeština
dudy
Ελληνικά
γκάιντα
Esperanto
sakŝalmo
Español
gaita
Suomi
säkkipilli
Français
cornemuse
Gaeilge
píb
Galego
gaita
עברית
חֵמֶת חֲלִילִים
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
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.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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