woodwind

English

Etymology

From wood +‎ wind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊdwɪnd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: wood‧wind

Noun

woodwind (plural woodwinds)

1. (music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.

Derived terms

• woodwind instrument
• woodwindist, woodwinder

Translations

musical instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木管樂器／木管乐器 (zh) (mùguǎn yuèqì)

• Danish: træblæser
• Dutch: houtblaasinstrument (nl) n
• Finnish: puupuhallin (fi)
• French: bois (fr)
• Galician: instrumento de vento (gl) m
• German: Holzblasinstrument (de) n
• Greek: ξύλινα πνευστά n pl (xýlina pnefstá)
• Hungarian: fafúvós (hu)
• Icelandic: tréblásturshljóðfæri n
• Maori: pūhau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: treblåser m, treblåseinstrument n

  Nynorsk: treblåsar m, treblåseinstrument n

• Persian: ساز بادی (sâz-e bâdi)
• Portuguese: madeira (pt) f
• Russian: деревя́нный духово́й инструме́нт m (derevjánnyj duxovój instrumént)
• Swedish: träblåsinstrument (sv) n
• Turkish: tahta nefesli çalgı (tr)

See also

• brass instrument
• keyboard instrument
• percussion instrument
• string instrument