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Webster 1913 Edition

Bassoon

Bas-soon′

,
Noun.
[F.
basson
, fr.
basse
bass; or perh. fr.
bas son
low sound. See
Bass
a part in music. ]
(Mus.)
A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.
☞ Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is also called a fagot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bassoon

BASSOON'

,
Noun.
A musical wind instrument, blown with a reed, and furnished with eleven holes, which are stopped, as in other large flutes. Its compass comprehends three octaves. Its diameter at bottom is nine inches, and for convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is called also a fagot. It serves for the base in a concert of hautboys, flutes, &c.

Definition 2024

bassoon

bassoon

English

two bassoons

Noun

bassoon ‎(plural bassoons)

  1. A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

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Translations

Verb

bassoon ‎(third-person singular simple present bassoons, present participle bassooning, simple past and past participle bassooned)

  1. To play the bassoon.
  2. To make a bassoon-like sound.

Finnish

Noun

bassoon

  1. Illative singular form of basso.

Etymology

From French basson.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /bəˈsuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

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