woodwind en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈwʊdwɪnd/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English wood Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English woodwind From wood + wind.
Meanings
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Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.
The graceful, otherworldly sounds on which the first movement was built gave way to sharply articulated, dissonantly blaring woodwind and brass chords, and eventually to a mechanistic passage that combined rumbling low notes and a steady, searing high pitch.
2009 September 14, Allan Kozinn, “Austrian Avant-Garde: Eerie Textures and Text”, in The New York Times:The seven-member Bell Orchestre was indeed a miniorchestra, with strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion along with occasional guitar and analog electronic noise.
2009 February 28, Jon Pareles, “Turf-Sharing, When Indie Met Classical”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| woodwinds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
woodwindist · woodwind instrument · woodwinder
Relateds
string instrument · keyboard instrument · brass instrument · percussion instrument
Translations (22)
ru деревя́нный духово́й инструме́нт (musical instrument) · nn treblåsar (musical instrument) · sv träblåsinstrument (musical instrument) · gl instrumento de vento (musical instrument) · da træblæser (musical instrument) · nb treblåser (musical instrument) · is tréblásturshljóðfæri (musical instrument) · pt madeira (musical instrument) · fr bois (musical instrument) · tr tahta nefesli çalgı (musical instrument) · fi puupuhallin (musical instrument) · cs dřevěný dechový nástroj (musical instrument) · nl houtblaasinstrument (musical instrument) · el ξύλινα πνευστά (musical instrument) · de Holzblasinstrument (musical instrument) · pl instrument dęty drewniany (musical instrument) · nn treblåseinstrument (musical instrument) · mi pūhau (musical instrument) · nb treblåseinstrument (musical instrument) · cmn 木管樂器 /木管乐器 (musical instrument) · fa ساز بادی (musical instrument) · hu fafúvós (musical instrument)