contrabassoon

What does contrabassoon mean?

contrabassoon means "the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family".

How many syllables are in contrabassoon?

contrabassoon has 4 syllables: con-tra-bas-soon. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑntɹəbæˈsun/.

What is another word for contrabassoon?

Close synonyms include contrafagotto, double bassoon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contrabassoon a common word?

contrabassoon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with contrabassoon?

3 words rhyme with contrabassoon. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for contrabassoon come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.