Definitions for euphonium

euphonium eu·pho·ni·um

Spelling: [yoo-foh-nee-uh m]
IPA: /yuˈfoʊ ni əm/

Euphonium is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 204 anagrams from letters in euphonium (ehimnopuu).

Definitions for euphonium

noun

  1. a brass musical instrument similar to the baritone tuba but somewhat smaller, with a wider bore and mellower tone, and often having a second bell.

Origin of euphonium

First recorded in 1860-65; euph(ony) + (harm)onium

Examples for euphonium

The bombardon in B flat or C, an octave lower than the euphonium, corresponds to the contrabass tuba in the orchestra.

Perhaps the most remarkable place in which a burglar carried his tools was a euphonium!

The euphonium speaks readily in the lower register, but slowly, of course, owing to the long dip of the pistons.

The pitch of the helicon is an octave below that of the euphonium.

The euphonium gives out the fundamental, or first note of the harmonic series, readily, but no harmonic above the eighth.

Mr. Mullin's position in the Stockman band is that of euphonium soloist.

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