oboe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] 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’”) and bois (“‘wood, woodwind’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈoʊboʊ/

[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• bass oboe
• contrabass oboe
• oboe da caccia
• oboe d’amore
• baroque oboe
• oboist
• piccolo oboe

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• cor anglais
• hautboy

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

oboe

1. (music) oboe

[edit] Declension

Declension of oboe (type valtio) singular plural nominative oboe oboet genitive oboen oboeiden oboeitten partitive oboeta oboeita accusative oboe oboen oboet inessive oboessa oboeissa elative oboesta oboeista illative oboeen oboeihin adessive oboella oboeilla ablative oboelta oboeilta allative oboelle oboeille essive oboena oboeina translative oboeksi oboeiksi instructive – oboein abessive oboetta oboeitta comitative – oboeineen

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From French hautbois, transcribed phonetically.

[edit] Noun

oboe m. (plural oboi)

1. (music) oboe

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

oboe m. (plural oboes)

1. (music) oboe

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for oboe	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	oboe	oboen	oboer	oboerna
Possessive form	oboes	oboens	oboers	oboernas

oboe c.

1. (music) oboe