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Webster 1913 Edition
Oboe
O′boe
,Noun.
[It., fr. F.
hautbois
. See Hautboy
.] (Mus.)
One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
Oboe d’amore
[It., lit., oboe of love]
, and
Oboe di caccia
[It., lit., oboe of the chase]
, are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of
Bach
and Handel
.Definition 2024
Oboe
oboe
oboe
English
Noun
oboe (plural oboes)
- 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.
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Translations
wind instrument
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oe
Noun
oboe
Declension
| Inflection of oboe (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oboe | oboet | |
| genitive | oboen | oboeiden oboeitten |
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| partitive | oboeta | oboeita | |
| illative | oboeen | oboeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oboe | oboet | |
| accusative | nom. | oboe | oboet |
| gen. | oboen | ||
| genitive | oboen | oboeiden oboeitten |
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| partitive | oboeta | oboeita | |
| 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 | |