bassoon
Syllables: bas·soon/bəˈsuːn//bəˈsun/
bassoon noun: a musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.
Noun
bassoon (plural bassoons)
- A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.
- Higher and higher every day, / Till over the mast at noon— / The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- The most convenient and natural order is, perhaps, the following: the upper staff may have the flute-part, because it has the highest notes, and, therefore, requires most room above the staff; then follow the parts for the hautboys, clarinets, horns, bassoons, tromboni, trumpets, and drums; the...1834, Arnold Merrick, transl., Methods of Harmony, Figured Base, and Composition, translation of original by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, page 303
- Synonyms:
- fagotto
Verb
bassoon (third-person singular simple present bassoons, present participle bassooning, simple past and past participle bassooned)
- To play the bassoon.
- To make a bassoon-like sound.
bassoon meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian
bassoon in Hindi
- musical instrument in the woodwind family
- बसून basūn
bassoon in Tagalog
- musical instrument in the woodwind family
- bahon
bassoon in Arabic
- musical instrument in the woodwind family
- زمخر zamkhir
bassoon in Indonesian
- musical instrument in the woodwind family
- fagot
More languagesFewer languages
- bassoon in Thai
- บาสซูน bàatsoon
- bassoon in Vietnamese
- kèn fagôt
Synonyms of bassoon
Forms of bassoon
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bassoons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bassoons |
| present participle | bassooning |
| past participle | bassooned |
| past | bassooned |
Origin of bassoon
Borrowed from French basson.
Words formed from bassoon
Words that rhyme with bassoon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about bassoon
- What does bassoon mean?
- Bassoon means a musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.
- What is bassoon in Hindi?
- Bassoon in Hindi is बसून (basūn). See Bassoon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bassoon?
- Bassoon can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bassoon?
- Bassoon is pronounced /bəˈsuːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bassoon?
- The plural of bassoon is bassoons.
Words near bassoon in the dictionary
Source and license
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