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hautbois

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
haut-bois
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.

noun

Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

hautboist

Synonyms

oboe hautboy

Questions

What does hautbois mean?
Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Where does hautbois come from?
It is traced to French.

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