different between shawm vs bombardon

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

shawm (plural shawms)

1. A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.
   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked,

     There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked.

Synonyms

• zurna

Derived terms

• Catalan shawm
• shawmist, shawmer
• still shawm

Translations

Anagrams

• hawms, whams

English

Etymology

French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

Noun

bombardon (plural bombardons)

1. (music) A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.
2. (music) A bass instrument of the shawm family
3. A organ pedal stop at 32' pitch which imitates the sound of the above mentioned instruments.

See also

• bombard

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?m.b?r?d?n/
• Hyphenation: bom?bar?don
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

bombardon m (plural bombardons, diminutive bomdardonnetje n)

1. bombardon, bass tuba

French

Etymology

From Italian bombardone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.ba?.d??/

Noun

bombardon m (plural bombardons)

1. bombardon, certain bass instruments, notably a tuba

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French bombardon.

Noun

bombardon n (plural bombardoane)

1. bombardon

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