Phrase guide

oboe d'amore

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌəʊbəʊ daˈmɔːɹeɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌoʊboʊ dɑˈmɔɹeɪ/
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹeɪ

1

noun

Meaning 1

An instrument of the oboe family, pitched in A below middle C.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hautbois d'amour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oboe

2

noun

Meaning 2

an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oboe, hautboy, hautbois

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian oboe d'amore (literally “oboe of love”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հոբոյ դ'ամուրը (hoboy d'amurə) — instrument of the oboe family
  • Catalan: oboè d'amor — instrument of the oboe family
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柔音雙簧管 /柔音双簧管 (róuyīn shuānghuángguǎn) — instrument of the oboe family
  • Danish: obo d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Dutch: oboe d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Dutch: liefdeshobo — instrument of the oboe family
  • Esperanto: hobojo de amoro — instrument of the oboe family
  • Finnish: oboe d’amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Finnish: lemmenoboe — instrument of the oboe family
  • French: hautbois d'amour — instrument of the oboe family
  • German: Oboe d'Amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • German: Liebesoboe — instrument of the oboe family
  • Hebrew: אַבּוּב דָ׳אמוֹרֶה (abúv d'amóre) — instrument of the oboe family
  • Hebrew: אַבּוּב אַהֲבָה (abúv ahavá) — instrument of the oboe family
  • Hungarian: oboa d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Icelandic: ástaróbó — instrument of the oboe family
  • Italian: oboe d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Japanese: オーボエ・ダモーレ (ōboe damōre) — instrument of the oboe family
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oboe d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hautbois d'amour — instrument of the oboe family
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjærlighetsobo — instrument of the oboe family
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: obo d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oboe d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hautbois d'amour — instrument of the oboe family
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjærleiksobo — instrument of the oboe family
  • Persian: ابوا دامور (obovâ dâmore) — instrument of the oboe family
  • Polish: obój miłosny — instrument of the oboe family
  • Portuguese: oboe d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Portuguese: oboé d'amore — instrument of the oboe family
  • Russian: гобо́й д’аму́р (gobój d’amúr) — instrument of the oboe family
  • Spanish: oboe de amor — instrument of the oboe family
  • Ukrainian: гобо́й д'аму́р (hobój dʺamúr) — instrument of the oboe family