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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.
Noun
hautbois (plural hautbois)
- Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
- Synonym: oboe
- Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.
1891, Oscar Wilde, “Chapter 3”, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:Then [her voice] became a little louder, and sounded like a flute or a distant hautbois.
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French
Etymology
Univerbation of haut bois (“high (pitched) wood(wind)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hautbois m (plural hautbois)
- oboe
- oboist
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