mouthpiece

English

Mouthpieces for brass instruments.

Etymology

mouth +‎ piece

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊθˌpiːs/

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Noun

mouthpiece (plural mouthpieces)

1. A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially:
   1. The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.
   2. The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.
2. A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.

   The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.

   • 2021 April 24, Adrian Horton, “‘The uprisings opened up the door’: the TV cop shows confronting a harmful legacy”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Seeming “real” has been the aim since the earliest police procedurals, which began a long tradition of Hollywood productions acting as a mouthpiece for police departments.

   • 2022 November 9, Verna Yu, “Xi Jinping tells China’s army to focus on preparation for war”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist party mouthpiece has reported.

3. (slang) A lawyer for the defense.

Translations

part of a telephone

• Bulgarian: микрофон (bg) m (mikrofon)
• Dutch: microfoon (nl) m
• Finnish: mikrofoni (fi)
• French: microphone (fr) m, micro (fr) m
• German: Sprechmuschel f, Sprechkapsel f
• Greek: μικρόφωνο τηλεφώνου n (mikrófono tilefónou)
• Irish: béal (ga) m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: telefonrør n
• Russian: тру́бка (ru) f (trúbka)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: powědańska mušla f

• Spanish: micrófono (es) m
• Swedish: munstycke (sv) c pl or n

part of a wind instrument

• Bulgarian: мундщук (bg) m (mundštuk)
• Catalan: embocadura f
• Danish: mundstykke n
• Dutch: mondstuk (nl) n
• Finnish: suukappale (fi)
• French: embouchure (fr) f
• German: Mundstück (de) n
• Greek: επιστόμιο (el) n (epistómio)

  Ancient Greek: ὅλμος m (hólmos)

• Hungarian: fúvóka (hu)
• Irish: béalóg f
• Italian: imboccatura (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: munnstykke n

  Nynorsk: munnstykke n

• Polish: ustnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: bocal (pt) m
• Russian: мундшту́к (ru) m (mundštúk)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gubawka f

• Spanish: boquilla (es) f
• Tagalog: hihipan
• Ukrainian: мундшту́к m (mundštúk)

spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else

• Bulgarian: глашатай (bg) m (glašataj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喉舌 (zh) (hóushé)

• Danish: talsrør n, (often pejorative), talsmand c
• Finnish: puhemies (fi), edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi)
• French: porte-parole (fr) m or m pl or f or f pl (Plural pre-1990), porte-paroles (fr) m pl or f pl (Plural 1990 reformed spelling)
• German: Sprachrohr (de) n
• Greek: φερέφωνο (el) n (feréfono)
• Hungarian: szószóló (hu), szóvivő (hu), szócső (hu) (pejorative)
• Italian: portavoce (it)
• Norwegian: talerør n (colloquial, sometimes pejorative), talsmann m, talsperson m
• Polish: rzecznik (pl) m, rzeczniczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: porta-voz (pt) m or f
• Russian: ора́тор (ru) m (orátor), глаша́тай (ru) m (glašátaj), ру́пор (ru) m (rúpor), вырази́тель (интере́сов) m (vyrazítelʹ (interésov))
• Spanish: portavoz (es)
• Thai: กระบอกเสียง (th) (grà-bɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang)

lawyer for the defense

• Finnish: puolustusasianajaja