different between clarinet vs clarionet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet).

Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ???n?t/, /?kl????n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

clarinet (plural clarinets)

1. (music) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

   Synonym: agony-pipe

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chalumeau

Anagrams

• INTERCAL, litracen

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kl?.?i?n?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kl?.?i?n?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kla.?i?net/

Noun

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

Friulian

Noun

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

Romanian

Noun

clarinet n (plural clarinete)

1. (music) clarinet

Synonyms

• clarinet?

English

Etymology

clarion +? -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ???n?t/, /klæ????n?t/

Noun

clarionet (plural clarionets)

1. A clarinet.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 24:

     Pygmies sang Christian hymns in the Pygmy dialect, Jewish klezmer ensembles filled the night with unearthly clarionet solos […]

Anagrams

• crotaline