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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a musician who plays the oboe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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