Standard Lemma guide

bugle

adj · name · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbjuːɡəl/
  • rhymes with -uːɡəl
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B Y UW1 G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

jet-black

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A village in Treverbyn parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0158).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A horn used by hunters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musical instrument, wind instrument, brass instrument

5

noun

Meaning 5

The sound of something that bugles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the bugle of an elk

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: fashion, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bugleweed, carpet bugle, ground pine, common bugle

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

noun

Meaning 10

a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brass, brass instrument

11

noun

Meaning 11

a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bead

12

noun

Meaning 12

any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bugleweed

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: creeping bugle, Ajuga reptans, erect bugle, blue bugle, Ajuga genevensis, pyramid bugle, Ajuga pyramidalis, ground pine, yellow bugle, Ajuga chamaepitys

13

verb

Meaning 13

play on a bugle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: play, spiel

History

Etymology

From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus.

Probably named after the Bugle Inn.

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”).

From Middle English bugle (“bugleweed”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French bugle, from Medieval Latin bugilla, probably related to Late Latin bugillo.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тръба (trǎba) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Bulgarian: ловджийски рог (lovdžijski rog) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Catalan: clarí — music: simple brass instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍號 /军号 (jūnhào) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 號角 /号角 (hàojiǎo) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Chuukese: rappwa — music: simple brass instrument
  • Czech: trubka — music: simple brass instrument
  • Dutch: bugel — music: simple brass instrument
  • Dutch: flügelhorn — music: simple brass instrument
  • Finnish: merkkitorvi — music: simple brass instrument
  • Finnish: merkinantotorvi — music: simple brass instrument
  • Finnish: signaalitorvi — music: simple brass instrument
  • French: clairon — music: simple brass instrument
  • Galician: crarín — music: simple brass instrument
  • Galician: corna — music: simple brass instrument
  • German: Bügelhorn — music: simple brass instrument
  • Greek: σάλπιγγα (sálpinga) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Hindi: बिगुल (bigul) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Hungarian: kürt — music: simple brass instrument
  • Hungarian: harsona — music: simple brass instrument
  • Irish: stoc — music: simple brass instrument
  • Irish: buabhall — music: simple brass instrument
  • Japanese: ラッパ (rappa) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Japanese: 喇叭 (rappa) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Japanese: ビューグル (byūguru) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Kannada: ರಣಕಹಳೆ (raṇakahaḷe) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Kannada: ತುತ್ತೂರಿ (tuttūri) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Latgalian: strumpe — music: simple brass instrument
  • Latin: bucina — music: simple brass instrument
  • Latvian: taure — music: simple brass instrument
  • Māori: piukara — music: simple brass instrument
  • Māori: tētere — music: simple brass instrument
  • Persian: شیپور (šeypur) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Polish: róg — music: simple brass instrument
  • Portuguese: clarim — music: simple brass instrument
  • Russian: рог (rog) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Russian: рожо́к (rožók) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Russian: горн (gorn) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Scottish Gaelic: dùdach — music: simple brass instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: truba — music: simple brass instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: труба — music: simple brass instrument
  • Spanish: clarín — music: simple brass instrument
  • Swahili: buruji — music: simple brass instrument
  • Swedish: horn — music: simple brass instrument
  • Tagalog: klarin — music: simple brass instrument
  • Thai: แตรเดี่ยว (dtraedìeow) — music: simple brass instrument
  • Finnish: torvi — anything shaped like a bugle
  • Finnish: kello — anything shaped like a bugle
  • Japanese: ラッパ (rappa) — anything shaped like a bugle
  • Russian: ра́струб (rástrub) — anything shaped like a bugle
  • Bulgarian: мънисто (mǎnisto) — tubular glass or plastic bead
  • Japanese: ビューグル (byūguru) — tubular glass or plastic bead
  • Arabic: شَنْدْقُورة (šandqūra) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Arabic: جُعْدَة (juʕda) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Armenian: ճանկխոտ (čankxot) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Bulgarian: срещниче (sreštniče) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筋骨草 (jīngǔcǎo) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Czech: zběhovec — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Esperanto: ajugo — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Finnish: akankaali — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Galician: herba corocha — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Galician: búgula — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • German: Günsel — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Ancient Greek: χαμαίπιτυς (khamaípitus) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Italian: bugola — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Latin: būgillō — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Old English: þunorclāfre — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Polish: dąbrówka — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Russian: дубро́вка (dubróvka) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Russian: живу́чка (živúčka) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Serbo-Croatian: gòrešnīk — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìvica — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Slovak: zbehovec — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Slovene: skrẹ̑čnik — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Swedish: suga — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Ukrainian: горля́нка (horljánka) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Ukrainian: живу́чка (žyvúčka) — plant of the genus Ajuga
  • Czech: troubit — to emulate bugle
  • Finnish: toitottaa — to emulate bugle
Real reading context

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