Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A brass wind instrument similar to the tuba but having a somewhat higher pitch and a mellower sound.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A musical instrument, consisting of a set of glass tubes, connected with graduated steel bars, to be put in vibration by the moistened finger: invented by Chladni in 1790.
- n. A musical instrument, the lowest or bass of the saxhorn family, having a compass of about three octaves upward from the second C below middle C. Its tone is powerful, but unsympathetic.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mus.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek εὔφωνος (euphōnos). (Wiktionary)
- From Greek euphōnos, sweet-voiced; see euphony. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Rocking Carol, once given a bonkers electronic treatment by New Order, is warmly rendered with horns and euphonium.”
“Christa was able to stretch our donated money to the limit and so we were able to purchase 11 new instruments including three trumpets, a pocket trumpet, a tuba, alto and baritone horn, a trombone, euphonium, a snare and a base drum.”
“Mr. Koster's touring companions this year include Robbie Cucchiaro , 37, and Ian Ludders , 33, fellow Music Tapes bandmates who play a share of idiosyncratic instruments—trombone, euphonium, toy piano—between them.”
“There is a distinct gap in the market for the comedy of the euphonium.”
The Guardian: An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: rock'n'roll is the new comedy
“If blokey from Editors told his bass player he had a month to learn the euphonium and aselection of military marching anthems, do you think it would be a hit?”
“He is an equally adept performer on the harmonica, also on the harmonium, euphonium, pandemonium, saxophone, vibraphone, dictaphone, glockenspiel and catarrh. . .”
“Merry Tuba Christmas," the 37th year of a performance of tuba, sousaphone and euphonium players from the metropolitan area; take an instrument to a 3 p.m. rehearsal for inclusion in the concert. 6 p.m.”
The Washington Post: D.C. community calendar, Dec. 2 to 9, 2010
“Then there's a euphonium, a tuba and a rhythm section.”
The Wall Street Journal: Warm Tunes for the Botti and Spirit
“Just bring your tuba, sousaphone or euphonium to the 37th annual TubaChristmas, a mass tooting of the brass instruments; it's open to anyone with the necessary gear.”
The Washington Post: Getting Up Guide: PWYC for Second City; D.C. history lesson
“I have fond memories of playing his euphonium parts in ... what the hell was that piece called?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘euphonium’.
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Not in the Periodic Table
Words that sound like they might be the names of elements of the periodic table, but that aren't. Many of the words listed here were actually proposed as names for substances their creators thought...
tentorium, columbarium, nasturtium, deuterium, caladium, valerian, concordium, synangium, chorium, geranium, hymenium, pyrenium and 310 more...
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phono-, phon-, -phony
relating to sound
phonograph, phonics, phonology, telephony, phoneme, phone, telephone, phonautograph, phonetic, phonebook, phonography, phonolite and 107 more...
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Boys I wouldn't go out with
As requested by bilby - http://wordie.org/lists/11872
clem, george, osama, adolph, dick, chewbacca, little willy, satan, santa claus, myself, chuck, lucifer and 52 more...
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tr(eu)th and goodness
eu-
- “good, well,†-- from the Greek.
- in science, describes that which is “true, genuineâ€euchromatin, eucalyptus, eucaryote, eu-, euphemism, eutrophy, eunoia, euphobia, euphoria, eurotophobia, euphony, euploidy and 31 more...
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Old, odd, or rare Western musical Ins...
preferably never listed or listed once or twice
clavicytherium, cymbalom, crumhorn, chitarrone, tromba marina, marine trumpet, lira da braccio, lirone, portative organ, positive organ, vielle, organistrum and 12 more...
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pretentious words i have used or hope...
a list of pretentious words i have used or hope to use when discussing operas because they make me feel like i am considerably more knowledgeable about opera than i actually am.
pulchritudinous, divina, libretto, diegetic, syncretism, mezzo-soprano, contralto, coloratura, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, bass and 42 more...
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Musical colloquial
Non-standard musical terms.
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Invisible Man
Words culled from Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison.
sweetback, inspirit, plasticine, atoss, hyperreceptivity, laugher-at-wounds, necrophily, monopolate, aliveness, thinker-tinker, weltschmerz, klieg and 113 more...
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harmony of the spheres
tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic, leading tone, progression, sonata, concerto, allegro and 247 more...
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Words I'd Like to Use Someday
thundersnow, phantasmagoria, mercurial, chimerical, taciturn, paraclete, lapis lazuli, flay, guttersnipe, wonky, misanthrope, kestrel and 583 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
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cloudjuice's Words
schadenfreude, sordid, promulgate, erratic, erroneous, amalgamate, sesquipedalian, incongruous, psychosis, etymology, simulacrum, serendipity and 988 more...
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...another list...
I've no idea where I got this page full of words, but whatever it is, I want to find it again. May have duplicate words from other lists.
bicameral, aphelion, dirigible, parhelion, flocculus, vernier, corticate, oxalis, pandanus, calabash, plumbago, jonquil and 217 more...
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Ptolemy's Gate
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's book, Ptolemy's Gate.
fall afoul, fleet, tamarisk, krait, inkstone, hotted up, down-market, have a truck with, brio, fatalistic, knock-kneed, conserve and 210 more...
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Pull out the stops
Organ stops, that is.
diapason, clarabella, dulciana, bourdon, reed stop, flue stop, violoncello, suabe flute, waldflute, rackett, pyramidon, querflöte and 106 more...
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Noisy
Tweets
Looking for tweets for euphonium.
tonya But euphonium players must use the word "euphonious" to their advantage all the time... Aug 14, 2008
johnmperry Defined by Jimmy Edwards:
Eu - what a
phony - terrible
hum - noise Jul 24, 2008