euphonium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (eúphōnos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
euphonium (plural euphoniums)
- A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch; a sax horn.
- 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 68:
- [T]hey could easily have been wearing euphoniums and woad for all the notice their quarry would have taken of them.
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Translations[edit]
brass instrument
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