Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contrabassoonist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-bas-soon-ist
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who plays the contrabassoon.

Etymology

Etymology tree English contrabassoon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English contrabassoonist From contrabassoon + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does contrabassoonist mean?
Someone who plays the contrabassoon.
Where does contrabassoonist come from?
Etymology tree English contrabassoon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English contrabassoonist From contrabassoon + -ist.

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