Bourdon — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæsoʊlɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈabɹuːvə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈabɹuːvə/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæsoʊlɪt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drone pipe drone

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

bourdón

un tubo de la gaita que está afinado para producir un solo tono continuo

🇮🇹Italian

bordone

un tubo della cornamusa accordato per produrre un unico tono continuo

🇷🇺Russian

бурдон

трубка волынки, настроенная на воспроизведение одного непрерывного звука

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बोर्डन

बैगपाइप का एक पाइप जिसे एक सतत स्वर उत्पन्न करने के लिए ट्यून किया जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বোর্ডন

ব্যাগপাইপের একটি পাইপ যা একটি একক অবিচ্ছিন্ন টোন তৈরি করতে টিউন করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

போர்டன்

பேக் பைப்பின் ஒரு குழாய் ஒரு தொடர்ச்சியான தொனியை உருவாக்க டியூன் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது

🇮🇳Telugu

బోర్డన్

ఒకే నిరంతర స్వరాన్ని ఉత్పత్తి చేయడానికి ట్యూన్ చేయబడిన బ్యాగ్‌పైప్ యొక్క పైప్

🇮🇳Marathi

बोर्डन

बॅगपाइपचा एक पाईप जो एकच सतत टोन तयार करण्यासाठी ट्यून केला जातो

🇮🇳Gujarati

બોર્ડન

બેગપાઇપની પાઇપ કે જે એક સતત સ્વર ઉત્પન્ન કરવા માટે ટ્યુન કરવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೋರ್ಡನ್

ಒಂದೇ ನಿರಂತರ ಸ್ವರವನ್ನು ಉತ್ಪಾದಿಸಲು ಟ್ಯೂನ್ ಮಾಡಲಾದ ಬ್ಯಾಗ್‌ಪೈಪ್‌ನ ಪೈಪ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബോർഡൺ

ഒരൊറ്റ തുടർച്ചയായ ടോൺ പുറപ്പെടുവിക്കാൻ ട്യൂൺ ചെയ്ത ബാഗ് പൈപ്പിൻ്റെ ഒരു പൈപ്പ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੋਰਡਨ

ਬੈਗਪਾਈਪ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਪਾਈਪ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਸਿੰਗਲ ਨਿਰੰਤਰ ਟੋਨ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਟਿਊਨ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بورڈن

بیگ پائپ کا ایک پائپ جو ایک ہی مسلسل سر پیدا کرنے کے لیے بنایا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

波登

风笛中的一种管子，经过调音以产生单一的连续音调

🇯🇵Japanese

ブルドン

単一の連続音を生成するように調整されたバグパイプのパイプ

🇰🇷Korean

부르동

하나의 연속된 음을 생성하도록 조율된 백파이프의 파이프

🇻🇳Vietnamese

rượu bourdon

một ống kèn túi được điều chỉnh để tạo ra một âm thanh liên tục

🇹🇭Thai

เบอร์ดอน

ท่อปี่ที่ได้รับการปรับให้สร้างโทนเสียงต่อเนื่องกัน

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بوردون

أنبوب من مزمار القربة يتم ضبطه لإنتاج نغمة واحدة متواصلة

🇮🇷Persian

بوردون

لوله ای از باله که برای تولید یک صدای پیوسته تنظیم شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

burdon

tek bir sürekli ton üretecek şekilde ayarlanmış bir gayda borusu

🇮🇱Hebrew

בורדון

צינור של חלילית המכוון להפקת צליל מתמשך יחיד

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