Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarogato

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: taroga-to
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a reed instrument originating from Hungary

Example Sentences

"Saturday night, with percussionist Gregg Bendian and bassist William Parker, he played a nearly model free-jazz gig: starting at absolute Mount Kilimanjaro intensity, two sets dipped and rose with the jagged topography of peaks and valleys, Brotzmann switching between tenor (his main ax), E-flat clarinet, alto sax, and tarogato (a wooden instrument about the size and shape of a soprano sax with a nasal, double-reedish sound)."
"With his huge, coarse tone and urgent phrasing Brotzmann sounds like he could dominate any group using anything he plays, which includes saxophones, clarinets, and the tarogato, an eastern European reed instrument."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian tárogató.

Origin

Source language: Hungarian

Word Breakdown

Root: tárogató

Inflected Forms

tarogatos (plural) tárogató (alternative)

Questions

What does tarogato mean?: a reed instrument originating from Hungary
Where does tarogato come from?: It is traced to Hungarian.

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