hautbois

English

noun

Definitions

Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautbois (highwood).

Origin

French

hautbois

Gloss

highwood

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

hautboist English
oboe English
oboe Italian
hobo Dutch, Flemish
bois French
haut French
hautbois French
hautboïste French
гобо́й Russian
гобой Russian
oboe Spanish, Castilian
obój Polish
obo Danish