mouthpiece

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Mouthpieces for brass instruments.

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Noun

mouthpiece (plural mouthpieces)

1. A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially of a telephone or musical instrument
2. A spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else
3. (slang) A lawyer for the defense

Translations

part of any device that functions in or near the mouth

• Finnish: suukappale (fi)
• French: embouchure (fr) f (musical instrument)
• Hungarian: szájrész (hu), fúvóka (hu) (for a musical instrument)
• Italian: imboccatura (it) f (musical instrument)

• Norwegian: munnstykke (no) n, telefonrør (no) n (telephone)
• Polish: ustnik (pl) m
• Russian: мундштук (ru) (mundštúk) m, трубка (ru) (trúbka) f (telephone)

spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喉舌 (cmn) (hóushé)

• Finnish: puhemies (fi), edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi)
• Hungarian: szószóló (hu)
• Italian: portavoce (it)

• Norwegian: talerør (no) n (colloquially, sometimes pejorative), talsmann (no) m, talsperson (no) m
• Polish: rzecznik (pl) m, rzeczniczka (pl) f
• Russian: оратор (ru) (orátor) m, глашатай (ru) (glašátaj) m, рупор (ru) (rúpor) m, выразитель (ru) (vyrazítelʹ) m (интересов)

lawyer for the defense

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