clarinet
/ˌklæɹɪˈnɛt/
clarinet noun: a woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
Noun
clarinet (plural clarinets)
- A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
- Synonyms:
- agony-pipe
clarinet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
clarinet in Hindi
- woodwind musical instrument
- शहनाई śahnāī
clarinet in Tamil
- கிளாரினெற்று
clarinet in Marathi
- क्लॅरिनेट, क्लेरनेट, क्लेरिनेट
clarinet in Urdu
- کلیرینیٹ, کلرینیٹ
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- clarinet in Bengali
- ক্ল্যারিওনেট klêriōneṭ
- clarinet in Telugu
- క్లారినెట్, క్లారనేట్, క్లారినేట్
- clarinet in Malayalam
- ക്ലാരിനെറ്റ്, ക്ലാരിനറ്റ്, ക്ലാരനെറ്റ്
- clarinet in Kannada
- ಕ್ಲಾರಿನೆಟ್, ಕ್ಲಾರನೇಟ್
- clarinet in Gujarati
- ક્લેરિનેટ, ક્લેરીનેટ, ક્લેરિનટ
- clarinet in Odia
- କ୍ଲାରିନେଟ୍, କ୍ଲାରିନେଟ
- clarinet in Nepali
- क्लारिनेट, क्लेरनेट, क्लेरिनेट
- clarinet in Tagalog
- klarinete
- clarinet in Arabic
- كْلَارِينِيت klārīnīt
- clarinet in Malay
- klarinet
- clarinet in Indonesian
- klarinet
- clarinet in Persian
- کلارینت kelârinet
- clarinet in Thai
- คลาริเน็ต klaa-rí-nèt
- clarinet in Myanmar
- ကလယ်ရီနက် ka.lairinak, ကလဲရီနက် ka.lai:rinak
Examples of clarinet in a sentence
- I met my best friend last summer at camp. She lives in Albany and plays the clarinet.
- The oboe overblows at the octave; the clarinet at the twelfth.
- The clarinet played a long E-flat.
Synonyms of clarinet
Forms of clarinet
| plural | clarinets |
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Origin of clarinet
Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet), from Latin clarus. Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”), from Latin clarus.
Words formed from clarinet
Words that rhyme with clarinet
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about clarinet
- What does clarinet mean?
- Clarinet means a woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
- What is clarinet in Hindi?
- Clarinet in Hindi is शहनाई (śahnāī). See Clarinet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is clarinet?
- Clarinet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce clarinet?
- Clarinet is pronounced /ˌklæɹɪˈnɛt/.
- What is the plural of clarinet?
- The plural of clarinet is clarinets.
Words near clarinet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: clarinet (page history and authors); clarinet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clarinet (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarinet (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarinet (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarinet (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarinet (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarinet (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarinet (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clarinet (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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