bassoon
noun
a large woodwind instrument of low range, with a doubled tube and a curved metal crook to which a double reed is attached.
Origin:
1720–30; < French basson < Italian bassone (bass(o) low (see base2) + -one augmentative suffix)
1720–30; < French basson < Italian bassone (bass(o) low (see base2) + -one augmentative suffix)
Related forms
bas·soon·ist, noun
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| —n | |
| 1. | a woodwind instrument, the tenor of the oboe family. Range: about three and a half octaves upwards from the B flat below the bass staff |
| 2. | an orchestral musician who plays the bassoon |
| [C18: from French basson, from Italian bassone, from basso deep; see | |
| bas'soonist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
bassoon
1727, from Fr. basson (17c.), from It. bassone, augmentative of basso (see bass (adj.)).
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