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oboe

/ˈəʊbəʊ/OH-boh
/ˈoʊboʊ/OH-boh

Meaninga hautboy

Common meaning: woodwind instrument with a double reed

Journey through time

  1. Italianoboe‘a hautboy’source
  2. Frenchhautbois‘oboe’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa hautboy → woodwind instrument with a double reedoboe‘woodwind instrument with a double reed’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian oboe ‘a hautboy’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry HAUTBOY, p. 257 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • oboe Italian “a hautboy”

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