rackett

English

Racketts, from Michael Praetorius' Syntagma Musicum Theatrum Instrumentorum seu Sciagraphia (1620).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹækɪt/
• Rhymes: -ækɪt
• Homophones: racket, racquet

Noun

rackett (plural racketts)

1. (music) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.

Translations

double reed wind instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉克特管

• Dutch: ranket (nl) ?
• Finnish: ranketti
• French: cervelas (fr) ?
• German: Rankett n
• Italian: cervellato ?
• Japanese: ランケット
• Persian: رکت
• Russian: please add this translation if you can