flugelhorn

Alternative forms

• fluegelhorn
• flügelhorn

Etymology

Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn

Noun

flugelhorn (plural flugelhorns)

1. A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
   • 1900, Daniel E. McCarthy, Manual of Instructions for Quartermasters Serving in the Field :

     A flugelhorn may be furnished in lieu of the Eb trumpet, a euphonium in lieu of one alto, one Eb alto saxophone, and one Eb baritone saxophone in lieu of two coronets...

Noun

flugelhorn m (plural flugelhorns)

1. (music) flugelhorn (a brass instrument)