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| has gloss | (noun) a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band fife |
| has gloss | eng: A fife is a small, high-pitched, transverse flute that is similar to the piccolo, but louder and shriller due to its narrower bore. The fife originated in medieval Europe and is often used in military and marching bands. Someone who plays the fife is called a fifer. The word fife comes from the German Pfeife, or pipe, ultimately derived from the Latin word pipare. |
| lexicalization | eng: Fife |
| lexicalization | eng: Fiffaro |
| lexicalization | eng: Fifre |
| subclass of | (noun) a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown flute, transverse flute |
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| Asturian | |
| lexicalization | ast: pínfanu |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: pikola |
| Welsh | |
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| lexicalization | cym: cadbib |
| lexicalization | cym: chwibanogl |
| lexicalization | cym: ffeiff |
| lexicalization | cym: pib feinlais |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Die Schwegel (von althochdeutsch suegala: „Schienbeinknochen“) ist die Urform der Querflöte. |
| lexicalization | deu: Querflöte |
| lexicalization | deu: Schwegel |
| lexicalization | deu: Querpfeife |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| lexicalization | ell: πίφερο |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: fifro |
| Persian | |
| lexicalization | fas: نای |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Organologie Le fifre est un petit instrument de musique à vent, plus précisément un bois appartenant à la famille de la flûte traversière. |
| lexicalization | fra: fifre |
| Manx | |
| lexicalization | glv: feddan |
| Hindi | |
| lexicalization | hin: bAzsurI |
| Croatian | |
| lexicalization | hrv: frula |
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| lexicalization | hrv: svirala |
| Hungarian | |
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| lexicalization | hun: síp |
| lexicalization | hun: kisfuvola |
| Armenian | |
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| lexicalization | hye: թութակ |
| Ido | |
| has gloss | ido: Fifro esas mikra fluto sis-trua, di qua sono esas tre akuta, uzita (olim) kom akompananto di tamburo dum marchi armeala. |
| lexicalization | ido: Fifro |
| Indonesian | |
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| lexicalization | ind: seruling |
| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: Il fiffaro (talvolta anche "piffero", dal tedesco pfeife) è genericamente un flauto traverso, e in particolare un ottavino privo di tasti, dal suono molto acuto e penetrante, usato prevalentemente dalle bande militari accompagnato da tamburi. |
| lexicalization | ita: fiffaro |
| lexicalization | ita: piffero |
| Korean | |
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| lexicalization | kor: 저 |
| Portuguese | |
| has gloss | por: ou ainda pife é uma pequena flauta transversal, aguda, similar a um flautim, mas com um timbre mais intenso e estridente, devido ao seu diâmetro menor. Os pífanos são originários da Europa medieval e são frequentemente utilizados em bandas militares. |
| lexicalization | por: Pifaro |
| lexicalization | por: pífano |
| lexicalization | por: Pífaro |
| Russian | |
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| lexicalization | rus: дудка |
| Sanskrit | |
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| lexicalization | san: वेणु |
| Slovak | |
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| lexicalization | slk: píšťala |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: El pífano es un instrumento musical de viento consistente en una pequeña flauta muy aguda que se toca atravesada. |
| lexicalization | spa: Pifano |
| lexicalization | spa: pífano |
| Swedish | |
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| lexicalization | swe: liten flöjt |
| Tulu | |
| lexicalization | tcy: ಕೊಳಲ್ |
| Thai | |
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| lexicalization | tha: ขลุ่ย |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: fifre |
| lexicalization | tur: yanlamasýna çalýnan flüt |
| Ukrainian | |
| lexicalization | ukr: дудка |
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| similar | e/Fife (musical instrument) |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Edouard Manet 018.jpg |
| media:img | Fife-wooden, civil war era.jpeg |
| media:img | Manet, Edouard - Young Flautist, or The Fifer, 1866 (2).jpg |
| media:img | Thuin Fo8JPG.jpg |
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