cornemuse

English

Bagpipes

Etymology

Borrowed from French cornemuse.

Noun

cornemuse (plural cornemuses)

A French musical instrument very similar to bagpipes.

Anagrams

reconsume

French

Etymology

From Old French corner (“sound a horn”) +‎ muser (“play the bagpipe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.nə.myz/

Noun

cornemuse f (plural cornemuses)

(music) bagpipes; cornemuse

Descendants

Spanish: cornamusa

Further reading

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

Anagrams

écumerons

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