Etymology

bombardon

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Today it means: A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba. Full definition →

French bombardon ← Italian bombardone
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  1. Italian · derived frombombardone
  2. French · borrowed frombombardon
  3. English todaybombardon

From French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

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