clairon

English

Noun

clairon (plural clairons)

1. (music) the second register of a clarinet.

See also

• chalumeau
• altissimo
• clarion

Anagrams

• Clarion, Locrian, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clarino, clarion

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛ.ʁɔ̃/, /kle.ʁɔ̃/

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Noun

clairon m (plural clairons)

1. (music) bugle (music: a simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves)
2. bugler (someone who plays the bugle)
3. (music) clairon (saxophone register)

Derived terms

• claironner
• claironnement

Further reading

• “clairon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.