HAUTBOIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does hautbois mean? • HAUTBOIS (noun)
The noun HAUTBOIS has 1 sense:
1. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
Familiarity information: HAUTBOIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HAUTBOIS (noun)
Meaning:
A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hautbois; hautboy; oboe
Hypernyms ("hautbois" is a kind of...):
double reed; double-reed instrument (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hautbois"):
basset oboe; heckelphone (a oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe)
musette pipe (a small simple oboe)
oboe da caccia (an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn)
oboe d'amore (a oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music)
shawm (a medieval oboe)
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