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cornet-à-pistons

[ kawr-net-uh-pis-tuhnz; French kawr-ne-a-pee-stawn ]

noun

, plural cor·nets-à-pis·tons [kawr-, nets, -, uh, -, pis, -t, uh, nz, kaw, r, -ne-z, a, -pee-, stawn].


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cornet-à-pistons1

1830–40; < French: literally, cornet with valves

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