alpenhorn

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As a small child enjoying the summer freshness in Csikszereda (Rumanian: Miercurea-Ciuc) in the Transylvanian mountains, he listened to the bucium, the Romanian alpenhorn.

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  1. noun A curved wooden horn, sometimes as long as 6 meters (approximately 20 feet), used by herders in the Alps to call cows to pasture.

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  • As a small child enjoying the summer freshness in Csikszereda (Rumanian: Miercurea-Ciuc) in the Transylvanian mountains, he listened to the bucium, the Romanian alpenhorn. —  signandsight.com
  • Other Swiss bliss: alpenhorn playing, yodeling, costume parade, —  Pure Michigan Travel
 

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  1. German : Alpen, Alps + Horn, horn (from Middle High German, from Old High German; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. German, from alpen (see alpenglow) + horn = English horn.
 

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/ˈælpɛnhɔrn/
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