oboe (redirected from Oboes)

o·boe  (b) n. 1. A slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece, having a range of three octaves and a penetrating, poignant sound. 2. A reed stop in an organ that produces a sound similar to that of the oboe. [Italian, from French hautbois; see hautboy.] obo·ist n.

oboe

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oboe

Noun

a double-reeded woodwind instrument with a penetrating nasal tone [French haut bois, literally: high wood (referring to its pitch)]

oboist n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece hautbois, hautboy double reed, double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together basset oboe, heckelphone - an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe musette pipe - a small simple oboe oboe da caccia - an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn oboe d'amore - an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music shawm - a medieval oboe

Translations

oboe [ˈəubəu] n → oboe m

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oboe [ˈəubəu] n → hautbois m

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oboe [ˈəubəu] n → Oboe f

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oboe [ˈəubəu] n → oboe m