hautboy

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈəʊbɔɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hō′boi, ō′boi)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
haut•boy  (hō′boi, ō′boi),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Danceoboe.
  • Middle French hautbois, equivalent. to haut high (see haughty) + bois wood (see bush1)
  • 1565–75
haut′boy•ist, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hautboy /ˈəʊbɔɪ/ n
  1. Also called: hautbois strawberry, haubois a strawberry, Fragaria moschata, of central Europe and Asia, with small round fruit
  2. an archaic word for oboe
Etymology: 16th Century: from French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood, of Germanic origin; see bush1
'hautboy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
oboe - hautbois

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