Definitions for chalumeau

chalumeau chal·u·meau

Spelling: [shal-yuh-moh; French sha-ly-
IPA: /ˌʃæl yəˈmoʊ; French ʃa lüˈmoʊ/

Chalumeau is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 218 anagrams from letters in chalumeau (aacehlmuu).

Definitions for chalumeau

noun

  1. Music. the low register of the clarinet.
  2. a 17th- or 18th-century woodwind instrument.

Origin of chalumeau

1705-15; French: orig., flute made from a reed, stem of a reed; Old French chalemel Late Latin calamellus narrow reed; see calamus, -elle

Examples for chalumeau

Calumet in general signifies a pipe, being a Norman word, derived from chalumeau.

Calumet is an Old Norman word for chalumeau, reed, pipe, a diminutive from Lat.

chalumeau would be even better, for he looks like a stick; but never mind, Chamoureau is not bad.

This name of clarinet, or clarionet, became accepted for the entire instrument, including the chalumeau register.

Madame chalumeau's face, glossy and red-and-white like a Norman apple, wore an expression of anxious expectation.

Madame chalumeau had risen, and had led her guest through the sitting-room into her immaculate kitchen.

The glossary to Machault's Works has: 'Muse de blez, chalumeau fait avec des brins de paille.'

Mersenne calls this the simplest form of chalumeau or wheat-stalk (tuyau de bl).

Madame chalumeau flopped her omelet again, slid it to a platter and set a carafe of cider on the table.

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