oboe

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.

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[Italian, from French hautbois; see hautboy.]

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obo·ist n.

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oboe [ˈəʊbəʊ]

n

1. (Music / Instruments) 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. (Music / Classical Music) a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra second oboe Archaic form hautboy

[via Italian oboe, phonetic approximation to 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 [ˈəʊbəʊ] N → oboe m

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oboe [ˈəʊbəʊ] n → hautbois m
I play the oboe → Je joue du hautbois.

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oboe

n → Oboe f

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oboe [ˈəʊbəʊ] n → oboe m

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oboe

n oboe [ˈəubəu]

a type of high-pitched woodwind musical instrument. hobo مِزْمار обой hoboj obo die Oboe όμποε (μουσ.) oboe oboe شهنا oboe hautbois אַבּוּב ओबो, शहनाई जैसा वाद्य, नफीरी oboa oboa oboe óbó oboe オーボエ 오보에(목관 악기) obojus oboja obo hobo obo obój oboé oboi гобой hoboj oboa oboa oboe เครื่องดนตรีประเภทเป่าชนิดหนึ่ง obua 雙簧管 гобой ايک قسم کي بانسري kèn ô-boa 双簧管

n oboist

hobospeler, hoboïs عازِف على المِزْمار обоист hobojista oboist der/die Oboist(in) ομποΐστας oboe, oboísta oboemängija شهنا نواز oboisti hautboïste נַגָן אַבּוּב शहनाई बजाने वाला svirač oboás peniup oboe óbóleikari oboista オーボエ奏者 오보에 연주가 obojininkas obojists pemain obo hobo{#225}{#139}{#225}st obospiller, oboist oboista oboísta oboist гобоист hobojista oboist oboist oboist ผู้เล่น oboe obua çalan kimse 雙簧管吹奏者 гобоїст بانسري بجانے والا người thổi kèn ô-boa 双簧管吹奏者

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oboe → أوبوا hoboj obo Oboe όμποε oboe oboe hautbois oboa oboe オーボエ 오보에 hobo obo obój oboé гобой oboe เครื่องดนตรีประเภทเป่าชนิดหนึ่ง obua kèn ô-boa 双簧管