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oboist

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who plays an oboe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a musician who plays the oboe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English oboe Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English oboist From oboe + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հոբոյահար (hoboyahar) — performer on the oboe
  • Belarusian: габаі́ст (habaíst) — performer on the oboe
  • Belarusian: габаі́стка (habaístka) — performer on the oboe
  • Bulgarian: обои́ст (oboíst) — performer on the oboe
  • Bulgarian: обои́стка (oboístka) — performer on the oboe
  • Catalan: oboista — performer on the oboe
  • Czech: hobojista — performer on the oboe
  • Czech: hobojistka — performer on the oboe
  • Danish: oboist — performer on the oboe
  • Dutch: hoboïst — performer on the oboe
  • Dutch: hoboïste — performer on the oboe
  • Estonian: oboemängija — performer on the oboe
  • Finnish: oboisti — performer on the oboe
  • French: hautboïste — performer on the oboe
  • Galician: oboísta — performer on the oboe
  • Georgian: ჰობოისტი (hoboisṭi) — performer on the oboe
  • German: Oboist — performer on the oboe
  • German: Oboistin — performer on the oboe
  • Hebrew: אַבּוּבָן ('abuván) — performer on the oboe
  • Hungarian: oboás — performer on the oboe
  • Italian: oboista — performer on the oboe
  • Latvian: obojists — performer on the oboe
  • Latvian: obojiste — performer on the oboe
  • Lithuanian: obòjininkas — performer on the oboe
  • Lithuanian: obòjininkė — performer on the oboe
  • Macedonian: обоист (oboist) — performer on the oboe
  • Macedonian: обоистка (oboistka) — performer on the oboe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oboist — performer on the oboe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oboist — performer on the oboe
  • Polish: oboista — performer on the oboe
  • Polish: oboistka — performer on the oboe
  • Portuguese: oboísta — performer on the oboe
  • Romanian: oboist — performer on the oboe
  • Romanian: oboistă — performer on the oboe
  • Russian: гобои́ст (goboíst) — performer on the oboe
  • Russian: гобои́стка (goboístka) — performer on the oboe
  • Serbo-Croatian: обо̀ист — performer on the oboe
  • Serbo-Croatian: obòist — performer on the oboe
  • Slovak: hobojista — performer on the oboe
  • Slovak: hobojistka — performer on the oboe
  • Spanish: oboísta — performer on the oboe
  • Swedish: oboist — performer on the oboe
  • Turkish: obuacı — performer on the oboe
  • Ukrainian: гобої́ст (hobojíst) — performer on the oboe
  • Ukrainian: гобої́стка (hobojístka) — performer on the oboe