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Meaning of flugelhorn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
  2. Alternative spelling of flugelhorn.
    alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

Čeština křídlovka
Deutsch Flügelhorn
Español fiscorno
Français bugle
Italiano bombardino flicorno
Nederlands bugel
Português fliscorne flugelhorn
Русский флюгельго́рн

Examples

“A flugelhorn may be furnished in lieu of the Eb trumpet, a euphonium in lieu of one alto, one Eb alto saxophone, and one Eb baritone saxophone in lieu of two coronets...”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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