flügelhorn
noun
flü·gel·horn ˈflü-gəl-ˌhȯrn 
ˈflᵫ-
ˈflᵫ- variants or fluegelhorn
: a valved brass instrument resembling a cornet but having a larger bore
flügelhornist
ˈflü-gəl-ˌhȯr-nist
noun ˈflᵫ-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Flores performed it on a modern corno da caccia, which looks like a tiny French horn but sounds like a mellow flugelhorn. 
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022 Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021 Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021 Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021 Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021 Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021 Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021 Ronnie Wilson was a genius with creating, producing, and playing the flugelhorn, Trumpet, keyboards, and singing music, from childhood to his early seventies. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
German, from Flügel wing, flank + Horn horn; from its use to signal the flanking drivers in a battue
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above