terzino

Definitions of terzino
  1. noun
    (football) a person who plays in the backfield
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    calciatore
    an athlete who plays American football
  2. noun
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
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    ottone
    a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
    ocarina
    egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
    pipa
    the flues and stops on a pipe organ
    piffero, pipa
    a tubular wind instrument
    strumentini
    any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
    concertina, fisarmonica
    a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
    cornamusa, piva, tubatura, zampogna
    a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
    baritono
    the second lowest brass wind instrument
    tuba
    the lowest brass wind instrument
    cornetta, corno, tromba
    a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
    flauto, tibia
    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
    armonica, armonica a bocca
    a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
    armonio, armonium
    a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
    siringa
    a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
    trombone
    a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
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    strumento, strumento musicale
    any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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