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chalumeau

[ shal-yuh-moh; French sha-ly-moh ]

noun

, plural chal·u·meaux [shal-y, uh, -, mohz, sh, a, -l, y, -, moh].
  1. Music. the low register of the clarinet.
  2. a 17th- or 18th-century woodwind instrument.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chalumeau1

1705–15; < French: originally, flute made from a reed, stem of a reed; Old French chalemel < Late Latin calamellus narrow reed; calamus, -elle
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Example Sentences

Then one day his father brought him to see his aunt—who had married Monsieur Chalumeau, my uncle, you see?

Madame Chalumeau's face, glossy and red-and-white like a Norman apple, wore an expression of anxious expectation.

Good Madame Chalumeau climbed down from her chair with a generous display of fat, black woollen legs and unpinned her skirt.

Madame Chalumeau flopped her omelet again, slid it to a platter and set a carafe of cider on the table.

Madame Chalumeau had risen, and had led her guest through the sitting-room into her immaculate kitchen.

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