contrabassoon

English

contrabassoon

Etymology

Semi-anglicized version of Italian contrafagotto, probably following the model of the English word contrabass (which derives from Italian contrabbasso).

Noun

contrabassoon (plural contrabassoons)

(music) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.

Synonyms

contrafagotto
double bassoon

Derived terms

contrabassoonist

Translations

contrabassoon

Catalan: contrafagot (ca) m
Czech: kontrafagot (cs)
Finnish: kontrafagotti (fi)
French: contrebasson (fr)
Icelandic: kontrafagott n

Irish: ollbhasún m
Italian: controfagotto m
Portuguese: contrafagote m
Russian: контрафаго́т (ru) (kontrafagót)
Spanish: contrafagot m