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English

Alternative forms

• obolos
• obolus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (obolós) (literally “spit” or “iron rod”). Doublet of obole and pul.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??.b?l/, /?o?.b?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???b?l/, /??.b?l/

Noun

obol (plural obols)

1. (historical) A silver coin of Ancient Greece.

   In Classical Athens, there were six obols to one drachma.

2. (historical) A weight, equivalent to one sixth of a drachma.

Derived terms

• diobol
• triobol

Coordinate terms

• drachma

Translations

Anagrams

• BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, bool, lobo, loob

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?bol/

Noun

oból m  or óbol m (plural oboolá f)

1. dust

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Romanian

Etymology

From French obole, from Latin obolus.

Noun

obol n (plural oboluri)

1. obole

Declension

English

Etymology

An earlier form in English is hautboy, but the spelling oboe was adopted into English ca. 1770 from the Italian oboè, a transliteration in that language's orthography of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French word hautbois, a compound word made of haut (“high, loud, high-pitched”) and bois (“wood, woodwind”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?bo?/
• Rhymes: -??b??

Noun

oboe (plural oboes)

1. A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• cor anglais
• hautboy

Anagrams

• Booe, OEOB, OOBE

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?oboe/, [?o?bo?e?]
• Rhymes: -oboe
• Syllabification: o?bo?e

Noun

oboe

1. (music) oboe

Declension

Italian

Alternative forms

• oboè (obsolete)

Etymology

From French hautbois, transcribed phonetically.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.bo.e/
• Hyphenation: ò?boe

Noun

oboe m (plural oboi)

1. (music) oboe
2. (metonymically) oboist

References

• oboe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

From French hautbois.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?boe/, [o???o.e]
• Rhymes: -oe
• Hyphenation: o?bo?e

Noun

oboe m (plural oboes)

1. (music) oboe

References

Swedish

Noun

oboe c

1. (music) an oboe

Declension

Related terms

• oboist