shawm
English
Etymology
From Middle English shalmuse, from Old French chalemel (modern French chalumeau), from Late Latin calamellus, from Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of caramel and chalumeau, as well as related to calame, calamus, culm, and haulm.
Pronunciation
Noun
shawm (plural shawms)
- A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked,
- There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked,
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
wind instrument
|
Anagrams
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɔːm
- Rhymes:English/ɔːm/1 syllable
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Musical instruments
- en:Woodwind instruments