How to pronounce bugle
American English pronunciation
BYOO-gul
- IPA
- /ˈbjuɡəl/
- Syllables
- BYOO · gul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What bugle means
A simple brass horn with no valves or buttons
In a sentence: At summer camp, a bugle woke everyone up each morning.
Where it comes from: It goes back through Old French to a Latin word for a young ox, and the first bugles were horns used by hunters.
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