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embouchure

N ปากแม่น้ำ  ปากน้ำ  pak-mae-nam

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMBOUCHURE

Em `bou `chure ", n. Etym: [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in ) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch. ]

 

1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

 

2. (Mus. ) (a ) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b ) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

embouchure

em bou chure |ˌämbo͞oˈSHo͝or ˈˌɑmbuˈˌʃʊ (ə )r | noun 1 Music the way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument. the mouthpiece of a flute or a similar instrument. 2 archaic the mouth of a river or valley. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: French, from s'emboucher discharge itself by the mouth, from emboucher put in or to the mouth, from em- into + bouche mouth.

 

Oxford Dictionary

embouchure

embouchure |ˌɒmbʊˈʃʊə | noun 1 [ mass noun ] Music the way in which a player applies their mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument, especially as it affects the production of the sound. [ count noun ] the mouthpiece of a flute or a similar instrument. 2 archaic the mouth of a river or valley. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: French, from s'emboucher discharge itself by the mouth , from emboucher put in or to the mouth , from em- into + bouche mouth .

 

Duden Dictionary

Embouchure

Em bou chu re Substantiv, feminin , die |ãbuˈʃyːrə |die Embouchure; Genitiv: der Embouchure, Plural: die Embouchuren französisch a Mundstück von Blasinstrumenten b Musik Mundstellung, Ansatz beim Blasen eines Blasinstruments

 

French Dictionary

embouchure

embouchure n. f. nom féminin Arrivée d ’un cours d ’eau, d ’une rivière dans la mer. : L ’embouchure du Saint-Laurent.