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woodwind

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwʊdwɪnd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: W UH1 D W IH2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: woodwind instrument, wood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wind instrument, wind

Narrower terms: beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed, flute, transverse flute

History

Etymology

From wood + wind.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 木管樂器 /木管乐器 (mùguǎn yuèqì) — musical instrument
  • Czech: dřevěný dechový nástroj — musical instrument
  • Danish: træblæser — musical instrument
  • Dutch: houtblaasinstrument — musical instrument
  • Finnish: puupuhallin — musical instrument
  • French: bois — musical instrument
  • Galician: instrumento de vento — musical instrument
  • German: Holzblasinstrument — musical instrument
  • Greek: ξύλινα πνευστά (xýlina pnefstá) — musical instrument
  • Hungarian: fafúvós — musical instrument
  • Icelandic: tréblásturshljóðfæri — musical instrument
  • Māori: pūhau — musical instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: treblåser — musical instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: treblåseinstrument — musical instrument
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: treblåsar — musical instrument
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: treblåseinstrument — musical instrument
  • Persian: ساز بادی (sâz-e bâdi) — musical instrument
  • Polish: instrument dęty drewniany — musical instrument
  • Portuguese: madeira — musical instrument
  • Russian: деревя́нный духово́й инструме́нт (derevjánnyj duxovój instrumént) — musical instrument
  • Swedish: träblåsinstrument — musical instrument
  • Turkish: tahta nefesli çalgı — musical instrument