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• flügelhorn
  flügelhorn

  noun

  a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.
• flugelhorn
  flugelhorn

  noun

  a type of valved brass instrument consisting of a tube of conical bore with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used esp in brass bands. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or C, and has the same range as the cornet in B flat

flügelhorn

American  

[floo-guhl-hawrn, fly-guhl-hawrn] / ˈflu gəlˌhɔrn, ˈflü gəlˌhɔrn /

Or flugelhorn,

noun

1. a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.

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flugelhorn British  

/ ˈfluːɡəlˌhɔːn /

noun

1. a type of valved brass instrument consisting of a tube of conical bore with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used esp in brass bands. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or C, and has the same range as the cornet in B flat

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Other Word Forms

• fluegelhornist
  noun
• flugelhornist
  noun
• flügelhornist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of flügelhorn

1850–55; < German, equivalent to Flügel wing + Horn horn