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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
1.4
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English
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Cross-section of the head of a recorder, indicating the wooden fipple plug (A), a "ducted flue" windway (B), and the "labium" (C) which forms the far edge of the "voicing mouth"
Etymology
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Perhaps related to
Icelandic
flipi
(
“
lip of a horse
”
)
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈfɪpəl/
Rhymes:
-ɪpəl
Noun
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fipple
(
plural
fipples
)
(
music
)
The
mouthpiece
of a
ducted
flute
, or the plug forming the floor of the
windway
.
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