Noun: flugel
| Singular | flugel |
| Plural | flugels |
Sample Sentences
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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 Times:]
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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:]
Nouns inflected like flugel
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Flügel. Applied to the harpsichord and grand piano due to their wing-like shape. See: German Nouns '
Flügel'.