hautbois

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautbois

Noun

hautbois (plural hautbois)

Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

Usage notes

Used to mean oboe

Synonyms

(organ stop): oboe

Derived terms

hautboist

French

Etymology

haut (“high (pitched)”) +‎ bois (“wood(wind)”)

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /o.bwa/

Noun

hautbois m (plural hautbois)

oboe
oboist

Derived terms

hautboïste

Further reading

“hautbois” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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