buisine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French buisine, from Latin bucina. Doublet of buccina.

Noun

buisine (plural buisines)

  1. (music) A medieval wind instrument with a very long, straight and slender body, usually made of metal.

Synonyms
  • herald's trumpet

Translations

Old French

Etymology

From Latin būcina, with a change to stress on the last syllable (influenced by the suffix -īnus).

Noun

buisine f (oblique plural buisines, nominative singular buisine, nominative plural buisines)

  1. A type of trumpet used in battle.

See also

Descendants
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