"euphonium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /juːˈfəʊnɪəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-euphonium.wav [Southern-England] Forms: euphoniums [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊniəm Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (eúphōnos). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|εὔφωνος}} Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (eúphōnos) Head templates: {{en-noun}} euphonium (plural euphoniums)
  1. A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch; a sax horn. Wikipedia link: euphonium Categories (topical): Brass instruments Derived forms: euphoniumist Translations (brass instrument): بُوق (būq) (Arabic), էուֆոնիում (ēufonium) (Armenian), euphonium (Azerbaijani), eufonio (Basque), мілагучная гаворка (milahučnaja havórka) (Belarusian), eufoni [masculine] (Catalan), 粗管上低音號 (Chinese Mandarin), 粗管上低音号 (cūguǎn shàngdīyīnhào) (Chinese Mandarin), euphonium (Danish), euphonium (Dutch), eŭfono (Esperanto), eufonium (Finnish), eufonio [masculine] (Galician), baixo [masculine] (Galician), ბარიტონი (bariṭoni) (Georgian), Euphonium [neuter] (German), eufónium (Hungarian), eufonium (Indonesian), eofón [masculine] (Irish), eufonio [masculine] (Italian), ユーフォニアム (yūfoniamu) (Japanese), ユーフォニウム (yūfoniumu) (Japanese), 바들은 (badeureun) (Korean), euphonium (Limburgish), یوفونیوم (Persian), eufonium [neuter] (Polish), eufônio [masculine] (Portuguese), эуфониум (eufonium) [masculine] (Russian), euphonium (Scottish Gaelic), bummardinu [masculine] (Sicilian), evfonij [masculine] (Slovene), eufonio (Spanish), bombardino (Spanish), ยูโฟเนียม (Thai), милозвучна мова (mylozvučna mova) (Ukrainian)

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