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euphonium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /juːˈfəʊnɪəm/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (eúphōnos, “sweet-voiced”) + -ium.

Meanings

  1. A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch.
    • [T]hey could easily have been wearing euphoniums and woad for all the notice their quarry would have taken of them. 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 68:

Forms

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euphoniums Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

euphoniumist

Translations (36)

es eufonio (brass instrument) · ar بُوق (brass instrument) · uk милозвучна мова (brass instrument) · pl eufonium (brass instrument) · hu eufónium (brass instrument) · li euphonium (brass instrument) · de Euphonium (brass instrument) · ja ユーフォニウム (brass instrument) · it eufonio (brass instrument) · az euphonium (brass instrument) · ja ユーフォニアム (brass instrument) · cmn 粗管上低音號 /粗管上低音号 (brass instrument) · da euphonium (brass instrument) · fa یوفونیوم (brass instrument) · ka ბარიტონი (brass instrument) · ko 바들은 (brass instrument) · sl evfonij (brass instrument) · id eufonium (brass instrument) · bg еуфониум (brass instrument) · scn bummardinu (brass instrument) · ga eofón (brass instrument) · es bombardino (brass instrument) · ca eufoni (brass instrument) · be мілагучная гаворка (brass instrument) · gd euphonium (brass instrument) · hy էուֆոնիում (brass instrument) · pt eufônio (brass instrument) · ru эуфониум (brass instrument) · ro eufoniu (brass instrument) · gl baixo (brass instrument) · eu eufonio (brass instrument) · gl eufonio (brass instrument) · fi eufonium (brass instrument) · th ยูโฟเนียม (brass instrument) · nl euphonium (brass instrument) · eo eŭfono (brass instrument)