Meanings
plural clarinets
- entertainmentA woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
Synonyms: agony-pipe
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
Origin
- Latinclarus
- Frenchclarinette
- Latinclarus
- Italianclarinetto
- Englishclarinet
Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet), from Latin clarus. Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”), from Latin clarus.
More words from Italian, Latin, French
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Afrikaans klarinet
- klarinetwoodwind musical instrument
Arabic كْلَارِينِيت
- كْلَارِينِيت (klārīnīt)woodwind musical instrument
Basque klarinete
- klarinetewoodwind musical instrument
Bengali ক্ল্যারিওনেট
- ক্ল্যারিওনেট (klêriōneṭ)woodwind musical instrument
Bulgarian кларинет
- кларинет (klarinet)woodwind musical instrument
Catalan clarinet
- clarinetwoodwind musical instrument
Chinese Cantonese 單簧管 /单簧管
- 單簧管 /单簧管 (daan¹ wong⁴ gun²)woodwind musical instrument
Chinese Mandarin 單簧管 /单簧管, 豎笛 /竖笛
- 單簧管 /单簧管 (dānhuángguǎn)woodwind musical instrument
- 豎笛 /竖笛 (shùdí)woodwind musical instrument
- 黑管 (hēiguǎn)woodwind musical instrument
Czech klarinet
- klarinetwoodwind musical instrument
Danish klarinet
- klarinetwoodwind musical instrument
Dutch klarinet
- klarinetwoodwind musical instrument
Esperanto klarneto
- klarnetowoodwind musical instrument
Estonian klarnet
- klarnetwoodwind musical instrument
Finnish klarinetti
- klarinettiwoodwind musical instrument
French clarinette
- clarinettewoodwind musical instrument
German Klarinette
- Klarinettewoodwind musical instrument
Greek κλαρινέτο
- κλαρινέτο (klarinéto)woodwind musical instrument
Hebrew קְלַרְנִית
- קְלַרְנִית (klarniet)woodwind musical instrument
Hindi शहनाई
- शहनाई (śahnāī)woodwind musical instrument
Hungarian klarinét
- klarinétwoodwind musical instrument
Icelandic klarínetta, klarínett
- klarínettawoodwind musical instrument
- klarínettwoodwind musical instrument
Indonesian klarinet
- klarinetwoodwind musical instrument
Irish clairnéid
- clairnéidwoodwind musical instrument
Italian clarinetto
- clarinettowoodwind musical instrument
Japanese クラリネット
- クラリネット (kurarinetto)woodwind musical instrument
Korean 클라리넷
- 클라리넷 (keullarinet)woodwind musical instrument
Latin clarinetum
- clarinetumwoodwind musical instrument
Latvian klarnete
- klarnetewoodwind musical instrument
Lithuanian klarnetas
- klarnetaswoodwind musical instrument
Malay klarinet
- klarinetwoodwind musical instrument
Māori pūtahoro, rehu matangi
- pūtahorowoodwind musical instrument
- rehu matangiwoodwind musical instrument
Norwegian Bokmål klarinett
- klarinettwoodwind musical instrument
Persian کلارینت
- کلارینت (kelârinet)woodwind musical instrument
Polish klarnet
- klarnetwoodwind musical instrument
Portuguese clarinete
- clarinetewoodwind musical instrument
Romanian clarinet, clarinetă
- clarinetwoodwind musical instrument
- clarinetăwoodwind musical instrument
Russian кларне́т
- кларне́т (klarnét)woodwind musical instrument
Scottish Gaelic clàirneid
- clàirneidwoodwind musical instrument
Slovak klarinet
- klarinetwoodwind musical instrument
Spanish clarinete
- clarinetewoodwind musical instrument
Swahili nzumari
- nzumariwoodwind musical instrument
Swedish klarinett
- klarinettwoodwind musical instrument
Tagalog klarinete
- klarinetewoodwind musical instrument
Thai คลาริเน็ต
- คลาริเน็ต (klaa-rí-nèt)woodwind musical instrument
Turkish klarnet
- klarnetwoodwind musical instrument
Ukrainian кларне́т
- кларне́т (klarnét)woodwind musical instrument
Vietnamese (kèn) cla-ri-nét
- (kèn) cla-ri-nétwoodwind musical instrument
Welsh clarinét
- clarinétwoodwind musical instrument
Yiddish קלאַרנעט
- קלאַרנעט (klarnet)woodwind musical instrument
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Cite this entry
clarinet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clarinet
“clarinet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clarinet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clarinet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clarinet.
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