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shawm

/ʃɔːm/

/ʃɔm/

Translations

shawmnoun

shawms

/ʃɔːm/

/ʃɔm/

The musician played a lively tune on the shawm during the festival.

Le musicien a joué un air entraînant à la chalemie pendant le festival.

Synonyms

musical instrument

shawmadjective

/ʃɔːm/

/ʃɔm/

Used attributively to describe things related to the shawm instrument; relational, not gradable.

Additional translations

chalémiqueRare; relatif à la chalemie.

shawmnoun

A medieval and Renaissance woodwind instrument, a predecessor of the oboe, with a double reed and a conical bore.

The musician played a lively tune on the shawm during the festival.

shawmadjective

Relating to or characteristic of the shawm instrument.

The ensemble specialized in shawm music and other Renaissance pieces.