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A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: contrafagotto, double bassoon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bassoon
Semi-anglicized version of Italian contrafagotto, probably following the model of the English word contrabass (which derives from Italian contrabbasso).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
contrafagot
— contrabassoon
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Chinese Mandarin:
低音巴松管
(dīyīnbāsōngguǎn)
— contrabassoon
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Chinese Mandarin:
低音大管
(dīyīndàguǎn)
— contrabassoon
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Chinese Mandarin:
倍低音管
(bèidīyīnguǎn)
— contrabassoon
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Czech:
kontrafagot
— contrabassoon
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Finnish:
kontrafagotti
— contrabassoon
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French:
contrebasson
— contrabassoon
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Galician:
contrafagot
— contrabassoon
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Greek:
κόντρα φαγκότο
(kóntra fagkóto)
— contrabassoon
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Icelandic:
kontrafagott
— contrabassoon
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Irish:
ollbhasún
— contrabassoon
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Italian:
controfagotto
— contrabassoon
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Japanese:
コントラファゴット
(kontorafagotto)
— contrabassoon
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Polish:
kontrafagot
— contrabassoon
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Portuguese:
contrafagote
— contrabassoon
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Russian:
контрафаго́т
(kontrafagót)
— contrabassoon
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Spanish:
contrafagot
— contrabassoon