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Bassoon Definition

bassoon

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English

two bassoons

Etymology

From French basson, from Italian bassone, from basso (“bass”) + augmentative suffix -one.

Pronunciation

Noun

bassoon (plural bassoons)

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

Derived terms

Verb

to bassoon (third-person singular simple present bassoons, present participle bassooning, simple past and past participle bassooned)

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

 

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