oboe d'amore

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian oboe d'amore (literally “oboe of love”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊbəʊ daˈmɔːɹeɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊboʊ dɑˈmɔɹeɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹeɪ

Noun

oboe d'amore (plural oboe d'amores or oboes d'amore or oboi d'amore)

1. An instrument of the oboe family, pitched in A below middle C.

   Synonym: hautbois d'amour (less common, French borrowing)

   Hypernym: oboe

Coordinate terms

• viola d'amore

Translations

instrument of the oboe family

• Armenian: հոբոյ դ'ամուրը (hoboy d'amurə)
• Catalan: oboè d'amor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柔音雙簧管／柔音双簧管 (róuyīn shuānghuángguǎn)

• Danish: obo d'amore c
• Dutch: oboe d'amore m, liefdeshobo (nl) m
• Esperanto: hobojo de amoro
• Finnish: oboe d’amore (fi), lemmenoboe
• French: hautbois d’amour (fr) m
• German: Oboe d'Amore f, Liebesoboe f
• Hebrew: אַבּוּב דָ׳אמוֹרֶה m (abúv d'amóre), אַבּוּב אַהֲבָה m (abúv ahavá)
• Hungarian: oboa d'amore
• Icelandic: ástaróbó n
• Italian: oboe d'amore m
• Japanese: オーボエ・ダモーレ (ōboe damōre)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oboe d'amore m, hautbois d'amour m, kjærlighetsobo m

  Nynorsk: obo d'amore m, oboe d'amore m, hautbois d'amour m, kjærleiksobo m

• Persian: ابوا دامور (obovâ dâmore)
• Polish: obój miłosny m
• Portuguese: oboe d'amore m, oboé d'amore m
• Russian: гобо́й д’аму́р m (gobój d’amúr)
• Spanish: oboe de amor m
• Ukrainian: гобо́й д'аму́р m (hobój dʺamúr)

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “oboe of love”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bo.e d‿aˈmo.re/
• Hyphenation: ò‧bo‧e‧d'a‧mó‧re

Noun

oboe d'amore m (plural oboi d'amore)

1. oboe d'amore (instrument of the oboe family)

   Hypernym: oboe

Coordinate terms

• viola d'amore