oboe

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ō'bō (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊbəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊboʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊbəʊ (obsolete) enPR: ō'boi: IPA(key): /ˈoʊbɔɪ/ === Noun === oboe (plural oboes) (music) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== cor anglais hautboy === References === === Anagrams === Booe, OEOB, OOBE == Finnish == === Etymology === From Italian oboe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoboe/, [ˈo̞bo̞e̞] Rhymes: -oboe Syllabification(key): o‧bo‧e Hyphenation(key): oboe === Noun === oboe (music) oboe ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “oboe”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Italian == === Alternative forms === oboè (obsolete) === Etymology === From French hautbois, transcribed phonetically. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔ.bo.e/ Rhymes: -ɔboe Hyphenation: ò‧bo‧e === Noun === oboe m (plural oboi) (music) oboe (metonymic) oboist === Further reading === oboe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Japanese == === Romanization === oboe Rōmaji transcription of おぼえ == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French hautbois. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈboe/ [oˈβ̞o.e] Rhymes: -oe Syllabification: o‧bo‧e === Noun === oboe m (plural oboes) (music) oboe === References === === Further reading === “oboe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʊˈboː/, /ˈoːbʊ.ə/, /ˈoːbʊˌɛ/ === Noun === oboe c (music) an oboe ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== oboist === References === oboe in Svensk ordbok (SO) oboe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) oboe in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)