contrabassoon

English

contrabassoon

Etymology

Semi-anglicized version of Italian contrafagotto, probably following the model of the English word contrabass (which derives from Italian contrabbasso).

Noun

contrabassoon (plural contrabassoons)

1. (music) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.

Synonyms

• contrafagotto
• double bassoon

Derived terms

• contrabassoonist

Translations

contrabassoon

• Catalan: contrafagot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低音巴松管 (dīyīnbāsōngguǎn), 低音大管 (dīyīndàguǎn), 倍低音管 (bèidīyīnguǎn)

• Czech: kontrafagot (cs)
• Finnish: kontrafagotti (fi)
• French: contrebasson (fr)
• Galician: contrafagot (gl) m
• Icelandic: kontrafagott n
• Irish: ollbhasún m
• Italian: controfagotto m
• Japanese: コントラファゴット (kontorafagotto)
• Polish: kontrafagot (pl) m
• Portuguese: contrafagote m
• Russian: контрафаго́т (ru) (kontrafagót)
• Spanish: contrafagot m