"shawm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃɔːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shawm.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shawms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːm 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|shalmuse}} Middle English shalmuse, {{der|en|fro|chalemel}} Old French chalemel, {{cog|fr|chalumeau}} French chalumeau, {{der|en|LL.|calamellus}} Late Latin calamellus, {{der|en|la|calamus||reed}} Latin calamus (“reed”), {{der|en|grc|κάλαμος}} Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos), {{doublet|en|caramel|chalumeau}} Doublet of caramel and chalumeau, {{doublet|en|calame|calamus|culm|haulm|id3=stem|notext=1}} calame, calamus, culm, and haulm Head templates: {{en-noun}} shawm (plural shawms)
  1. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body. Wikipedia link: shawm Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Woodwind instruments Synonyms: zurna Derived forms: Catalan shawm, shawmist, shawmer, still shawm Translations (wind instrument): bombarda [feminine] (Catalan), šalmaj [feminine] (Czech), schalmei [feminine] (Dutch), ŝalmo (Esperanto), skalmeija (Finnish), chalemie (French), Schalmei [feminine] (German), ζουρνάς (zournás) [masculine] (Greek), shalmo (Ido), seám [masculine] (Irish), zufolo [masculine] (Italian), cennamella [feminine] (Italian), زورنا (zurna) (Ottoman Turkish), szałamaja [feminine] (Polish), caramillo (Spanish), skalmeja [common-gender] (Swedish), karamilyo (Tagalog), zurna (Turkish), chwythgorn [masculine] (Welsh)

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