euphonium
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (eúphōnos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /juːˈfəʊnɪəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊniəm
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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]brass instrument
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