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 Definitions of bassoon  [æˈsun, bə-]  

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Definition of 'bassoon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) bassoon
a large woodwind instrument of low range, with a doubled tube and a curved metal crook to which a double reed is attached.

Etymology:  (1720–30; < F basson < It bassone=bass(o) low (see base2) +-one aug. suffix)

Definition of 'bassoon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) bassoon
a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family


Definition of 'bassoon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) bassoon
a large orchestral wind instrument


Definition of 'bassoon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) bassoon
a wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc


Translation of 'bassoon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a woodwind musical instrument which gives a very low sound.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: fagot Arabic flag Arabic: مِزْمار مُزْدَوِج: زَمْخَ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: фагот
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fagote Czech flag Czech: fagot German flag German: das Fagott
Danish flag Danish: fagot Greek flag Greek: φαγκότο (πνευστό μουσικό Spanish flag Spanish: fagot
Estonian flag Estonian: fagott Farsi flag Farsi: باسون Finnish flag Finnish: fagotti
French flag French: basson Hebrew flag Hebrew: בָּסוּן Hindi flag Hindi: गुग्म-मुरली, अलगोजा
Croatian flag Croatian: fagot Hungarian flag Hungarian: fagott Indonesian flag Indonesian: bason
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fagott Italian flag Italian: fagotto Japanese flag Japanese: バスーン
Korean flag Korean: (악기) 바순 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: fagotas Latvian flag Latvian: fagots
Malay flag Malay: basun Dutch flag Dutch: fagot Norwegian flag Norwegian: fagott
Polish flag Polish: fagot Persian flag Persian: باسون Pashto flag Pashto: شپېلى چي ټيټ ږغ لرى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fagote Romanian flag Romanian: fagot Russian flag Russian: фагот
Slovak flag Slovak: fagot Slovenian flag Slovenian: fagot Serbian flag Serbian: fagot
Swedish flag Swedish: fagott Thai flag Thai: ปี่ใหญ่ Turkish flag Turkish: bason
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 低音管,巴松管 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: фагот Urdu flag Urdu: موسیقی کا ایک آلہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kèn fagôt Chinese flag Chinese: 低音管,巴松管

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'bassoon' - Nearby Entries  

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