• Oboe

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈoÊŠboÊŠ/

    Origin

    An earlier form in English is hautboy, but the spelling oboe was adopted into English ca. 1770 from the Italian oboè, a transliteration in that language's orthography of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French word hautbois, a compound word made of haut ("high, loud") and bois ("wood, woodwind").

    Full definition of oboe

    Noun

    oboe

    (plural oboes)
    1. A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grendilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
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