"woodwind" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʊdwɪnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woodwind.wav [Southern-England] Forms: woodwinds [plural]
Etymology: wood + wind Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wood|wind}} wood + wind Head templates: {{en-noun}} woodwind (plural woodwinds)
  1. (music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon. Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Woodwind instruments Derived forms: woodwind instrument, woodwindist, woodwinder Related terms: brass instrument, keyboard instrument, percussion instrument, string instrument Translations (musical instrument): 木管樂器 (Chinese Mandarin), 木管乐器 (mùguǎn yuèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), træblæser (Danish), houtblaasinstrument [neuter] (Dutch), puupuhallin (Finnish), bois (French), instrumento de vento [masculine] (Galician), Holzblasinstrument [neuter] (German), ξύλινα πνευστά (xýlina pnefstá) [neuter, plural] (Greek), fafúvós (Hungarian), tréblásturshljóðfæri [neuter] (Icelandic), pūhau (Maori), treblåser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), treblåseinstrument [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), treblåsar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), treblåseinstrument [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ساز بادی (sâz-e bâdi) (Persian), madeira [feminine] (Portuguese), деревя́нный духово́й инструме́нт (derevjánnyj duxovój instrumént) [masculine] (Russian), träblåsinstrument [neuter] (Swedish), tahta nefesli çalgı (Turkish)

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