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oboe
(oʊboʊ)
Word forms: plural oboes
variable noun
An oboe is a musical instrument shaped like a tube which you play by blowing through a double reed in the top end.
oboe in British English
(ˈəʊbəʊ)
noun
Archaic form: hautboy1.
a woodwind instrument of the family that includes the bassoon and cor anglais, consisting of a conical tube fitted with a mouthpiece having a double reed. It has a penetrating nasal tone. Range: about two octaves plus a sixth upwards from B flat below middle C
2.
a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra
second oboe
Derived forms
oboist (ˈoboist) noun
Word origin
C18: via Italian oboe, phonetic approximation to French haut bois, literally: high wood (referring to its pitch)oboe in American English
(ˈoʊboʊ)
noun
1.
a double-reed woodwind instrument having a range of nearly three octaves and a high, penetrating, melancholy tone
2.
an organ stop producing an oboelike sound
Derived forms
oboist (ˈoboist) noun
Word origin
It < Fr hautbois; see hautboyImage ofoboe
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instrument, orchestraIn other languagesoboe
British English: oboe /ˈəʊbəʊ/ NOUN
An oboe is a musical instrument shaped like a tube which you play by blowing through the top end.
- American English: oboe
- Arabic: أُوبُوّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: oboé
- Chinese: 双簧管
- Croatian: oboa
- Czech: hoboj
- Danish: obo
- Dutch: hobo
- European Spanish: oboe
- Finnish: oboe
- French: hautbois
- German: Oboe
- Greek: όμποε
- Italian: oboe
- Japanese: オーボエ
- Korean: 오보에
- Norwegian: obo
- Polish: obój
- European Portuguese: oboé
- Romanian: oboi
- Russian: гобой
- Latin American Spanish: oboe
- Swedish: oboe
- Thai: เครื่องดนตรีประเภทเป่าชนิดหนึ่ง
- Turkish: obua
- Ukrainian: гобой
- Vietnamese: kèn oboe
Chinese translation of 'oboe'
oboe
(ˈəubəu)
n (c)
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双(雙)簧管
(shuānghuángguǎn) (只, zhī)