BASSOON


Meaning of BASSOON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bə-ˈsün, ba- ]

noun

Etymology: French basson, from Italian bassone, from basso

Date: 1724

: a double-reed woodwind instrument having a long U-shaped conical tube connected to the mouthpiece by a thin metal tube and a usual range two octaves lower than that of the oboe

• bas·soon·ist -ˈsü-nist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.