oboe

See also: Oboe and oboé

English

Etymology

An earlier form in English is hautboy, but the spelling oboe was adopted into English ca. 1770 from the Italian oboè, a transliteration in that language's orthography of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French word hautbois, a compound word made of haut (“high, loud, high-pitched”) and bois (“wood, woodwind”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊboʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊbəʊ

Noun

oboe (plural oboes)

2. (music) A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.

Derived terms

• baroque oboe
• bass oboe
• contrabass oboe
• oboe da caccia, oboe di caccia
• oboe d’amore
• oboe-player
• oboist
• piccolo oboe
• pink oboe

 

Translations

wind instrument

• Afrikaans: hobo
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: أُوبُوَا (ʔūbuwā)
• Armenian: հոբոյ (hy) (hoboy)
• Basque: oboe
• Belarusian: габо́й m (habój)
• Breton: oboell
• Bulgarian: обой (bg) m (oboj)
• Catalan: oboè (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雙簧管 / 双簧管 (soeng¹ wong⁴ gun²)

  Mandarin: 雙簧管 / 双簧管 (zh) (shuānghuángguǎn)

  Wu: 雙簧管 / 双簧管 (¹saon-waon-kuoe)

• Czech: hoboj (cs)
• Danish: obo c
• Dutch: hobo (nl) m
• Esperanto: hobojo
• Estonian: oboe (et)
• Faroese: obo f
• Finnish: oboe (fi)
• French: hautbois (fr) m
• Galician: óboe (gl) m
• Georgian: ჰობოი (ka) (hoboi)
• German: Oboe (de) f
• Gilbertese: oboe
• Greek: όμποε (el) m (ómpoe), οξύαυλος (el) m (oxýavlos)
• Hawaiian: puhi ʻohe ʻopo
• Hebrew: אבוב (he) (abúv)
• Hungarian: oboa (hu)
• Icelandic: óbó (is) n
• Ido: hoboyo (io)
• Indonesian: obo (id)
• Interlingua: oboe
• Irish: óbó m
• Italian: oboe (it) m
• Japanese: オーボエ (ja) (ōboe)
• Korean: 오보에 (ko) (obo'e)
• Latvian: oboja f
• Lithuanian: obojus m
• Luxembourgish: hautbois m
• Macedonian: обоа f (oboa)
• Manx: obo m
• Maori: rehu matangi, pūtōiri
• Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠮᠪᠦᠬᠦᠷ (ǰimbükür), жимбүүр (mn) (žimbüür)
• Ngazidja Comorian: ndzumari
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: obo (no) m

  Nynorsk: obo m

• Occitan: clarin m, autbòi m
• Persian: ابوا (fa), قره‌نی
• Polish: obój (pl) m
• Portuguese: oboé (pt) m
• Romanian: oboi (ro) n
• Russian: гобо́й (ru) m (gobój)
• Scottish Gaelic: òboidh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: обоа f

  Roman: oboa (sh) f

• Slovak: hoboj (sk) m
• Slovene: oboa (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: oboa f

• Spanish: oboe (es) m
• Swahili: nzumari ndogo
• Swedish: oboe (sv) c
• Tagalog: obo
• Turkish: obua (tr)
• Ukrainian: гобо́й m (hobój)
• Uyghur: گوبوي (goboy)
• Vietnamese: kèn ôboa
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: obo m
• Yiddish: אָבאָע f (oboe)

See also

• cor anglais
• hautboy

Anagrams

• Booe, OEOB, OOBE

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian oboe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoboe/, [ˈo̞bo̞e̞]
• Rhymes: -oboe
• Hyphenation^(key): oboe

Noun

oboe

1. (music) oboe

Declension

Inflection of oboe (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		oboe	oboet
genitive		oboen	oboeiden oboeitten
partitive		oboeta	oboeita
illative		oboeen	oboeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		oboe	oboet
accusative	nom.	oboe	oboet
	gen.	oboen
genitive		oboen	oboeiden oboeitten
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
abessive		oboetta	oboeitta
instructive		—	oboein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of oboe (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative oboeni oboeni accusative nom. oboeni oboeni gen. oboeni genitive oboeni oboeideni oboeitteni partitive oboetani oboeitani inessive oboessani oboeissani elative oboestani oboeistani illative oboeeni oboeihini adessive oboellani oboeillani ablative oboeltani oboeiltani allative oboelleni oboeilleni essive oboenani oboeinani translative oboekseni oboeikseni abessive oboettani oboeittani instructive — — comitative — oboeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative oboesi oboesi accusative nom. oboesi oboesi gen. oboesi genitive oboesi oboeidesi oboeittesi partitive oboetasi oboeitasi inessive oboessasi oboeissasi elative oboestasi oboeistasi illative oboeesi oboeihisi adessive oboellasi oboeillasi ablative oboeltasi oboeiltasi allative oboellesi oboeillesi essive oboenasi oboeinasi translative oboeksesi oboeiksesi abessive oboettasi oboeittasi instructive — — comitative — oboeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative oboemme oboemme accusative nom. oboemme oboemme gen. oboemme genitive oboemme oboeidemme oboeittemme partitive oboetamme oboeitamme inessive oboessamme oboeissamme elative oboestamme oboeistamme illative oboeemme oboeihimme adessive oboellamme oboeillamme ablative oboeltamme oboeiltamme allative oboellemme oboeillemme essive oboenamme oboeinamme translative oboeksemme oboeiksemme abessive oboettamme oboeittamme instructive — — comitative — oboeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative oboenne oboenne accusative nom. oboenne oboenne gen. oboenne genitive oboenne oboeidenne oboeittenne partitive oboetanne oboeitanne inessive oboessanne oboeissanne elative oboestanne oboeistanne illative oboeenne oboeihinne adessive oboellanne oboeillanne ablative oboeltanne oboeiltanne allative oboellenne oboeillenne essive oboenanne oboeinanne translative oboeksenne oboeiksenne abessive oboettanne oboeittanne instructive — — comitative — oboeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative oboensa oboensa accusative nom. oboensa oboensa gen. oboensa genitive oboensa oboeidensa oboeittensa partitive oboetaan oboetansa oboeitaan oboeitansa inessive oboessaan oboessansa oboeissaan oboeissansa elative oboestaan oboestansa oboeistaan oboeistansa illative oboeensa oboeihinsa adessive oboellaan oboellansa oboeillaan oboeillansa ablative oboeltaan oboeltansa oboeiltaan oboeiltansa allative oboelleen oboellensa oboeilleen oboeillensa essive oboenaan oboenansa oboeinaan oboeinansa translative oboekseen oboeksensa oboeikseen oboeiksensa abessive oboettaan oboettansa oboeittaan oboeittansa instructive — — comitative — oboeineen oboeinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• barokkioboe
• oboekonsertto
• oboensoitto
• oboesonaatti
• oboesoolo

 

Further reading

• “oboe”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Italian

Alternative forms

• oboè (obsolete)

Etymology

From French hautbois, transcribed phonetically.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bo.e/
• Rhymes: -ɔboe
• Hyphenation: ò‧bo‧e

Noun

oboe m (plural oboi)

1. (music) oboe
2. (metonymically) oboist

Further reading

• oboe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautbois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈboe/ [oˈβ̞o.e]
• Rhymes: -oe
• Syllabification: o‧bo‧e

Noun

oboe m (plural oboes)

1. (music) oboe

Further reading

• “oboe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʊˈboː/, IPA^(key): /ˈoːbʊ.ə/, IPA^(key): /ˈoːbʊˌɛ/

Noun

oboe c

1. (music) an oboe

Declension

Declension of oboe

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	oboe	oboes
	definite	oboen	oboens
plural	indefinite	oboer	oboers
	definite	oboerna	oboernas

Related terms

• oboist

References

• oboe in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• oboe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• oboe in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)