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English[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From French embouchure, from emboucher.
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Plural |
Embouchure ({{{1}}})
- (music) The shape of the mouth and lips when playing a wind instrument.
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
- you could see the twin lines running down from either side of his lower lip, etched in by the force of his embouchure, looking like extensions of his mustache.
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
French[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From the verb emboucher (“‘to flow through’”).
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
Embouchure f. (plural Embouchures)
- mouthpiece (of a musical instrument)
- mouth (of a river)
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