Meanings
plural flugels · alternative flügel
- alternativeAlternative form of flugelhorn.
In fact the flugel, though related to the trumpet, reveals its mellow gentleness here, and the clarinet its strident edge.
2010 November 15, “BBCNOW/Roth at St David’s Hall, Cardiff”, in The Times1 more example
Patrick Hadley, who had heard the live broadcast of the premiere: ‘Came over marvellously – the saxes and flugel contributed a strange unearthly magic to that wonderful score, fondest love, Paddy.’
1958, Patrick Hadley, quotee, “Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No 9: a guide to the best recordings”, in Gramophone, published 2024 - obsoleteA harpsichord.
- obsoleteA grand piano.
Origin
- GermanFlügel
- Englishflugel
Borrowed from German Flügel. Applied to the harpsichord and grand piano due to their wing-like shape.
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flugel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flugel
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