bassoon

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bəˈsuːn/
• (GA) enPR: bə-so͞onʹ, IPA: /bəˈsun/

Noun

bassoon (plural bassoons)

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

   Synonyms: fagotto

   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

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Translations

• French: basson
• German: Fagott
• Italian: fagotto
• Portuguese: fagote
• Russian: фаго́т
• Spanish: bajón, fagot

Verb

bassoon (bassoons, present participle bassooning; past and past participle bassooned)

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

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