oboe
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oboe¹
- /ˈəʊbəʊ/ UK
- /ˈoʊboʊ/ US
- /ˈoʊbɔɪ/ obsolete
Rhymes with -əʊbəʊ
Where it comes from
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”).
noun oboes
- 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. Whistles, mirlitons, flutes, trumpets or horns, clarinets, and oboes are all played in one or more parts of the continent.
Oboe²
noun
-
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter O.
Similar: Oscar
OBOE³
noun OBOEs
- Initialism of off-by-one error
Translations
Talk about this word "oboe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oboe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oboe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oboe "oboe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oboe.Cite this
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title = {oboe},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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