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Noun [English]

Forms: brass instruments [plural]
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  1. (music) Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator). Hyponyms: baritone horn, euphonium, flugelhorn, French horn, sousaphone, trombone, trumpet, tuba Derived forms: brass instrumentalist Related terms: brass band Coordinate_terms: woodwind instrument Translations (musical instrument): պղնձյա փողային նվագարան (pġnjya pʻoġayin nvagaran) (Armenian), պղնձյա նվագարան (pġnjya nvagaran) (Armenian), պղնձյա փողային գործիք (pġnjya pʻoġayin gorcikʻ) (Armenian), պղնձյա գործիք (pġnjya gorcikʻ) (Armenian), 銅管樂器 /铜管乐器 (tóngguǎn yuèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), žesťový nástroj [masculine] (Czech), blásturljóðføri [neuter] (Faroese), blásiljóðføri [neuter] (Faroese), vaskisoitin (Finnish), cuivre [masculine] (French), Blechblasinstrument [neuter] (German), χάλκινα πνευστά (chálkina pnefstá) [neuter, plural] (Greek), rézfúvós (Hungarian), málmblásturshljóðfæri [neuter] (Icelandic), strumento ad ancia [masculine] (Italian), 金管楽器 (kinkan gakki) (alt: きんかんがっき) (Japanese), 금관악기 (geumgwanakgi) (alt: 金管樂器) (Korean), лимен дувачки инструме́нт (limen duvački instrumént) [masculine] (Macedonian), tāonga pūtētere (Māori), instrument dęty blaszany [masculine] (Polish), blacha [feminine, slang] (Polish), metal [masculine] (Portuguese), ме́дный духово́й инструме́нт (médnyj duxovój instrumént) [masculine] (Russian), духово́й инструме́нт (duxovój instrumént) [masculine] (Russian), trobilo [neuter] (Slovene), bleckblåsinstrument [neuter] (Swedish), üflemeli çalgı (Turkish)

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "duxovój instrumént",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "духово́й инструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trobilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bleckblåsinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "üflemeli çalgı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brass instrument"
}

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