CLARINET


Meaning of CLARINET in English

/ ˌklærəˈnet; NAmE / noun

a musical instrument of the woodwind group. It is shaped like a pipe and has a reed and a mouthpiece at the top that you blow into.

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 18th cent.: from French clarinette , diminutive of clarine , denoting a kind of bell.

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