Schalmei

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schalemīe; derived from French chalumeau, from Latin calamus.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃalˈmaɪ̯/
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  • Hyphenation: Schal‧mei
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

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Schalmei f (genitive Schalmei, plural Schalmeien)

  1. (music) shawm
  2. (music) a member of the shawm family

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Synonyms

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Hypernyms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schalmei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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