Etymology

hautbois

H4A1U1T1B3O1I1S1

Today it means: Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds. Full definition →

French hautbois
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromhautbois
  2. English todayhautbois

Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.

Words from the same roots

Frenchhautbois all →

hoboy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.