clarinet

English

Clarinets.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet).

Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌklæɹɪˈnɛt/, /ˌklɛɹɪˈnɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

clarinet (plural clarinets)

1. (music) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

   Synonym: agony-pipe

Derived terms

• alto clarinet
• bass clarinet
• clarinetist
• contrabass clarinet
• soprano clarinet

 

Translations

woodwind musical instrument

• Afrikaans: klarinet
• Albanian: klarinetë (sq) f
• Arabic: كْلَارِينِيت m (klārīnīt)
• Armenian: կլարնետ (hy) (klarnet)
• Asturian: clarinete m
• Basque: klarinete
• Belarusian: кларне́т m (klarnjét)
• Breton: klarinetenn f
• Bulgarian: кларинет m (klarinet)
• Catalan: clarinet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 單簧管／单簧管 (dānhuángguǎn), 单簧管 (zh) (daan1 wong4 gun2)

  Mandarin: 單簧管／单簧管 (zh) (dānhuángguǎn), 单簧管 (zh) (dānhuángguǎn), 豎笛／竖笛 (zh) (shùdí), 竖笛 (zh) (shùdí), 黑管 (zh) (hēiguǎn)

  Min Nan: 烏笛仔／乌笛仔 (zh), 乌笛仔 (o͘-ta̍t-á)

• Czech: klarinet (cs) m
• Danish: klarinet (da) c
• Dutch: klarinet (nl) ?
• Esperanto: klarneto
• Estonian: klarnet
• Faroese: klarinett f
• Finnish: klarinetti (fi)
• French: clarinette (fr) f
• Galician: clarinete (gl) m
• German: Klarinette (de) f
• Greek: κλαρινέτο (el) n (klarinéto)
• Hebrew: קלרנית (he) f (klarnit)
• Hindi: शहनाई (hi) ? (śahnāī)
• Hungarian: klarinét (hu)
• Icelandic: klarínetta f, klarínett n
• Irish: clairnéid f
• Italian: clarinetto (it) m
• Japanese: クラリネット (ja) (kurarinetto)
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• Kalmyk: биив (biiv)
• Korean: 클라리넷 (ko) (keullarinet)
• Latin: clarinetum n
• Lithuanian: klarnetas m
• Macedonian: кларинет m (klarinet)
• Malay: klarinet
• Maori: pūtahoro, rehu matangi
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠯᠠᠷ (bilar)
• Norman: clairinnette f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klarinett m

  Nynorsk: klarinett m

• Polish: klarnet (pl) m
• Portuguese: clarinete (pt) m
• Romanian: clarinet (ro) n, clarinetă (ro) f
• Russian: кларне́т (ru) m (klarnét)
• Scottish Gaelic: clàirneid f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кларѝне̄т m

  Roman: klarìnēt (sh) m

• Slovak: klarinet m
• Slovene: klarinet (sl) m
• Spanish: clarinete (es) m
• Swahili: nzumari
• Swedish: klarinett (sv) c
• Tagalog: klarinete
• Turkish: klarnet (tr)
• Ukrainian: кларне́т (uk) m (klarnét)
• Uyghur: كلارىنېت (klarinët)
• Volapük: klarinät (vo)
• Welsh: clarinét m
• Yiddish: קלאַרנעט m (klarnet)

See also

• chalumeau

Anagrams

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [klə.ɾiˈnɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [klə.ɾiˈnət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kla.ɾiˈnet]

Noun

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

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Romanian

Noun

clarinet n (plural clarinete)

1. (music) clarinet

Synonyms

• clarinetă