embouchure

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From French embouchure, from emboucher.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɒm.bʊˈʃʊə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑm.bə.ʃɚ/
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[edit] Noun

embouchure (plural embouchures)

1. (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.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From the verb emboucher (“‘to flow through’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɑ̃buʃyʁ]
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[edit] Noun

embouchure f. (plural embouchures)

1. mouthpiece (of a musical instrument)