# oboe
## English
### Etymology

An earlier form in English is hautboy, but the spelling oboe was adopted into English ca. 1770 from the Italian oboè, a transliteration in that language's orthography of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French word hautbois, a compound word made of haut (“high, loud, high-pitched”) and bois (“wood, woodwind”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈoʊboʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊbəʊ

### Noun

oboe (plural oboes)
* (music) A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
** 1990, Francis Bebey, African music: a people's art, page 64:Whistles, mirlitons, flutes, trumpets or horns, clarinets, and oboes are all played in one or more parts of the continent.
** 2007 June 4, Alastair Macaulay, “Wake Up, Princess, the Movies Are Calling”, in The New York Times‎:This does become monstrously antimusical in one scene: when Tchaikovsky’s music, softly depicting the sleeping palace (my favorite passage of this composer’s entire oeuvre, with its beautifully muffled oboe melody suggesting how beauty ripens in sleep like a chrysalis), is turned into an epic battle for the poor passive Prince, conducted between the wicked Carabosse, with her ghoulish minions, and the Lilac Fairy, with her elves.
** 2015 August 1, Vanessa Thorpe, “Musicians launch campaign to save the bassoon as shortage threatens orchestra”, in The Guardian‎:Using the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double bass.

#### Derived terms

* baroque oboe
* bass oboe
* contrabass oboe
* oboe da caccia, oboe di caccia
* oboe d’amore
* oboe-player
* oboist
* piccolo oboe
* pink oboe

#### See also

* cor anglais
* hautboy

### Anagrams

* Booe, OEOB, OOBE

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian oboe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoboe/, [ˈo̞bo̞e̞]
* Rhymes: -oboe
* Hyphenation: oboe

### Noun

oboe
* (music) oboe

#### Declension

Possessive forms of oboe (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
oboeni
oboeni
accusative
nom.
oboeni
oboeni
gen.
oboeni
genitive
oboeni
oboeideni oboeitteni
partitive
oboetani
oboeitani
inessive
oboessani
oboeissani
elative
oboestani
oboeistani
illative
oboeeni
oboeihini
adessive
oboellani
oboeillani
ablative
oboeltani
oboeiltani
allative
oboelleni
oboeilleni
essive
oboenani
oboeinani
translative
oboekseni
oboeikseni
abessive
oboettani
oboeittani
instructive
comitative
—oboeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
oboesi
oboesi
accusative
nom.
oboesi
oboesi
gen.
oboesi
genitive
oboesi
oboeidesi oboeittesi
partitive
oboetasi
oboeitasi
inessive
oboessasi
oboeissasi
elative
oboestasi
oboeistasi
illative
oboeesi
oboeihisi
adessive
oboellasi
oboeillasi
ablative
oboeltasi
oboeiltasi
allative
oboellesi
oboeillesi
essive
oboenasi
oboeinasi
translative
oboeksesi
oboeiksesi
abessive
oboettasi
oboeittasi
instructive
comitative
—oboeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
oboemme
oboemme
accusative
nom.
oboemme
oboemme
gen.
oboemme
genitive
oboemme
oboeidemme oboeittemme
partitive
oboetamme
oboeitamme
inessive
oboessamme
oboeissamme
elative
oboestamme
oboeistamme
illative
oboeemme
oboeihimme
adessive
oboellamme
oboeillamme
ablative
oboeltamme
oboeiltamme
allative
oboellemme
oboeillemme
essive
oboenamme
oboeinamme
translative
oboeksemme
oboeiksemme
abessive
oboettamme
oboeittamme
instructive
comitative
—oboeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
oboenne
oboenne
accusative
nom.
oboenne
oboenne
gen.
oboenne
genitive
oboenne
oboeidenne oboeittenne
partitive
oboetanne
oboeitanne
inessive
oboessanne
oboeissanne
elative
oboestanne
oboeistanne
illative
oboeenne
oboeihinne
adessive
oboellanne
oboeillanne
ablative
oboeltanne
oboeiltanne
allative
oboellenne
oboeillenne
essive
oboenanne
oboeinanne
translative
oboeksenne
oboeiksenne
abessive
oboettanne
oboeittanne
instructive
comitative
—oboeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
oboensa
oboensa
accusative
nom.
oboensa
oboensa
gen.
oboensa
genitive
oboensa
oboeidensa oboeittensa
partitive
oboetaan oboetansa
oboeitaan oboeitansa
inessive
oboessaan oboessansa
oboeissaan oboeissansa
elative
oboestaan oboestansa
oboeistaan oboeistansa
illative
oboeensa
oboeihinsa
adessive
oboellaan oboellansa
oboeillaan oboeillansa
ablative
oboeltaan oboeltansa
oboeiltaan oboeiltansa
allative
oboelleen oboellensa
oboeilleen oboeillensa
essive
oboenaan oboenansa
oboeinaan oboeinansa
translative
oboekseen oboeksensa
oboeikseen oboeiksensa
abessive
oboettaan oboettansa
oboeittaan oboeittansa
instructive
comitative
—oboeineen oboeinensa :

#### Derived terms

* barokkioboe
* oboekonsertto
* oboensoitto
* oboesonaatti
* oboesoolo

### Further reading

* “oboe”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* oboè (obsolete)

### Etymology

From French hautbois, transcribed phonetically.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.bo.e/
* Rhymes: -ɔboe
* Hyphenation: ò‧bo‧e

### Noun

oboe m (plural oboi)
* (music) oboe
* (metonymically) oboist

### Further reading

* oboe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Japanese
### Romanization

oboe
* Rōmaji transcription of おぼえ

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French hautbois.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈboe/ [oˈβ̞o.e]
* Rhymes: -oe
* Syllabification: o‧bo‧e

### Noun

oboe m (plural oboes)
* (music) oboe

### References

* ↑ “oboe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Further reading

* “oboe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ʊˈboː/, IPA: /ˈoːbʊ.ə/, IPA: /ˈoːbʊˌɛ/

### Noun

oboe c
* (music) an oboe

#### Related terms

* oboist

### References

* oboe in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* oboe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* oboe in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)