"panpipes" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-panpipes.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Pan (“Greek god of nature”) + pipes. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Pan|pipes|t1=Greek god of nature}} Pan (“Greek god of nature”) + pipes Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} panpipes pl (plural only)
  1. (music) An instrument consisting of a series of ten or more tubes of different lengths, typically closed at the bottom and open at the top. The instrument is played by blowing across the open end at the top. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Woodwind instruments Synonyms: Pandean pipes, pan flute, pan pipe, pipes of Pan, shepherd's pipe, syrinx, pan pipes, panpipe Derived forms: panpiper Translations (musical instrument): σῦριγξ (sûrinx) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), սրինգ (sring) (Armenian), пан-флейта (pan-flejta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), flauta de Pan [feminine] (Catalan), 排笛 (páidí) (Chinese Mandarin), 潘笛 (Pāndí) (Chinese Mandarin), 排簫 (Chinese Mandarin), 排箫 (páixiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), panova flétna [feminine] (Czech), panfløjte [common-gender] (Danish), panfluit [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), panhuilu (Finnish), flûte de Pan [feminine] (French), frauta de Pan [feminine] (Galician), chifre [masculine] (Galician), Panflöte [feminine] (German), σύριγγα (sýringa) [feminine] (Greek), pánsíp (Hungarian), panflauta [feminine] (Icelandic), flauto di Pan [masculine] (Italian), パンパイプ (panpaipu) (Japanese), パンフルート (panfurūto) (Japanese), 팬플룻 (paenpeullut) (Korean), 팬플루트 (paenpeulluteu) (Korean), 팬파이프 (paenpaipeu) (Korean), панова флејта (panova flejta) [feminine] (Macedonian), موسیقار (musiqâr) (Persian), fletnia Pana [feminine] (Polish), flauta de Pã [feminine] (Portuguese), siku (Quechua), nai [neuter] (Romanian), пан-фле́йта (pan-fléjta) [feminine] (Russian), zampoña [feminine] (Spanish), flauta de Pan [feminine] (Spanish), mambu (Tok Pisin), panflüt (Turkish)

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flauta de Pan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "mambu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "panflüt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "panpipes"
}

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