Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heckelphone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heck-el-phone
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.

Etymology

From German Heckelphon, named after the inventors, Wilhelm Heckel and his sons.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Heckelphon

Inflected Forms

heckelphones (plural)

Synonyms

basset oboe

Questions

What does heckelphone mean?: A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
Where does heckelphone come from?: It is traced to German.

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