different between chalumeau vs clairon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chalumeau, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kálamos, “reed”). Doublet of shawm and probably caramel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æl??m??/

Noun

chalumeau (plural chalumeaus or chalumeaux)

1. (music) A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.
2. The lowest range of the clarinet, reaching up to written B? (B flat) above middle C.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French chalemel, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (kálamos, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ly.mo/

Noun

chalumeau m (plural chalumeaux)

1. blowtorch
2. (music) chalumeau
3. (perhaps dated) drinking straw

Related terms

• chaume

Descendants

• ? English: chalumeau

Further reading

• “chalumeau” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Noun

clairon (plural clairons)

1. (music) the second register of a clarinet.

See also

• chalumeau
• altissimo
• clarion

Anagrams

• Clarion, Locrian, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clarino, clarion

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?.???/

Noun

clairon m (plural clairons)

1. (music) bugle (music: a simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves)
2. bugler (someone who plays the bugle)
3. (music) clairon (saxophone register)

Derived terms

• claironner
• claironnement

Further reading

• “clairon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).