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bugle

/byɡl/

noun, masculine/byɡl/plural: bugles

bugle (hunting horn); flugelhorn (brass instrument)

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English buglebor. French bugle Borrowed from English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle, from Latin būculus.

noun, feminine/byɡl/plural: bugles

bugle, bugleweed (plant)

Inherited from Old French bugle, probably borrowed from Medieval Latin bugula, probably related to Late Latin bugillō (compare bouillon).