pibroch

1. 1.

   martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes

   Broadermilitary march

Other forms of pibroch

plural

pibroches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pibroch

What does pibroch mean?

pibroch means "martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes".

How many syllables are in pibroch?

pibroch has 2 syllables and divides as pi-broch under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.