oboe en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈoʊboʊ/ (General-American)
- /ˈəʊbəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- ō'boi (obsolete)
- ō'bō
- /ˈoʊbɔɪ/ (obsolete)
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Etymology
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, high-pitched”) and bois (“wood, woodwind”).
Meanings
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A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
Whistles, mirlitons, flutes, trumpets or horns, clarinets, and oboes are all played in one or more parts of the continent.
1990, Francis Bebey, African music: a people's art, page 64:This does become monstrously antimusical in one scene: when Tchaikovsky’s music, softly depicting the sleeping palace (my favorite passage of this composer’s entire oeuvre, with its beautifully muffled oboe melody suggesting how beauty ripens in sleep like a chrysalis), is turned into an epic battle for the poor passive Prince, conducted between the wicked Carabosse, with her ghoulish minions, and the Lilac Fairy, with her elves.
2007 June 4, Alastair Macaulay, “Wake Up, Princess, the Movies Are Calling”, in The New York Times:Using the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double bass.
2015 August 1, Vanessa Thorpe, “Musicians launch campaign to save the bassoon as shortage threatens orchestra”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| oboes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bass oboe · piccolo oboe · oboe-player · oboeist · oboe di caccia · oboist · baroque oboe · pink oboe · oboe d’amore · oboelike · contrabass oboe · oboe da caccia
Relateds
Translations (72)
dsb oboa (wind instrument) · lv oboja (wind instrument) · ja オーボエ (wind instrument) · fr hautbois (wind instrument) · nl hobo (wind instrument) · pt oboé (wind instrument) · ka ჰობოი (wind instrument) · gil oboe (wind instrument) · ko 오보에 (wind instrument) · ug گوبوي (wind instrument) · id obo (wind instrument) · da obo (wind instrument) · sk hoboj (wind instrument) · de Oboe (wind instrument) · el οξύαυλος (wind instrument) · ga óbó (wind instrument) · is óbó (wind instrument) · uk гобо́й (wind instrument) · fa ابوا (wind instrument) · gv obo (wind instrument) · bg обой (wind instrument) · cs hoboj (wind instrument) · wuu 雙簧管 /双簧管 (wind instrument) · ro oboi (wind instrument) · sw nzumari ndogo (wind instrument) · et oboe (wind instrument) · es oboe (wind instrument) · vi kèn ôboa (wind instrument) · yue 雙簧管 /双簧管 (wind instrument) · br oboell (wind instrument) · tr obua (wind instrument) · el όμποε (wind instrument) · io hoboyo (wind instrument) · af hobo (wind instrument) · sh обоа (wind instrument) · nb obo (wind instrument) · fo obo (wind instrument) · ar أُوبُوَا (wind instrument) · be габо́й (wind instrument) · it oboe (wind instrument) · nn obo (wind instrument) · oc autbòi (wind instrument) · mi pūtōiri (wind instrument) · mn ᠵᠢᠮᠪᠦᠬᠦᠷ (wind instrument) · pl obój (wind instrument) · gd òboidh (wind instrument) · sh oboa (wind instrument) · lb hautbois (wind instrument) · oc clarin (wind instrument) · he אבוב (wind instrument) · hu oboa (wind instrument) · sl oboa (wind instrument) · mk обоа (wind instrument) · ca oboè (wind instrument) · sv oboe (wind instrument) · eu oboe (wind instrument) · fa قرهنی (wind instrument) · haw puhi ʻohe ʻopo (wind instrument) · fi oboe (wind instrument) · mn жимбүүр (wind instrument) · zdj ndzumari (wind instrument) · hy հոբոյ (wind instrument) · cmn 雙簧管 /双簧管 (wind instrument) · eo hobojo (wind instrument) · mi rehu matangi (wind instrument) · gl óboe (wind instrument) · yi אָבאָע (wind instrument) · lt obojus (wind instrument) · cy obo (wind instrument) · tl obo (wind instrument) · ia oboe (wind instrument) · ru гобо́й (wind instrument)