embouchure
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French embouchure, from emboucher.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
embouchure (plural embouchures)
- (music) The shape of the mouth and lips when playing a wind instrument.
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
- you could see the twin lines running down from either side of his lower lip, etched in by the force of his embouchure, looking like extensions of his mustache.
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From the verb emboucher (“to flow through”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
embouchure f. (plural embouchures)
- mouthpiece (of a musical instrument)
- mouth (of a river)
