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schalmeis

schalmeis is the plural of schalmei.

Meaning of schalmei

Noun

schalmei (plural schalmeis)

  1. A shawm or chalumeau.
    • Viols, bassoons, schalmeis (ancestors of the clarinet), horns, trumpets, kettle-drums, and other instruments afterward used in the orchestra were known in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries, but there were no organizations of them.1908, The Literary Digest, page 415

Questions about schalmeis

What is schalmeis the plural of?
Schalmeis is the plural of schalmei.

Words near schalmeis in the dictionary

  1. Schall
  2. Schaller
  3. schallerite
  4. Schallers
  5. schalmei
  6. schalmeis
  7. schalmey
  8. schalmeys
  9. Schama
  10. Schamas
  11. Schamber

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