She really had to stretch her imagination to squeeze enough material for a solo album out of a contrabassoon, but by God, she did.
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Contrabassoon
Synonyms for "contrabassoon" (21 found)
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17 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- contrafagot noun (contrabassoon)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 低音大管 noun (contrabassoon)
- 低音巴松管 noun (contrabassoon)
- 倍低音管 noun (contrabassoon)
Czech
1 entries- kontrafagot noun (contrabassoon)
Finnish
1 entries- kontrafagotti noun (contrabassoon)
French
1 entries- contrebasson noun (contrabassoon)
Galician
1 entries- contrafagot noun (contrabassoon)
Greek
1 entries- κόντρα φαγκότο noun (contrabassoon)
Icelandic
1 entries- kontrafagott noun (contrabassoon)
Irish
1 entries- ollbhasún noun (contrabassoon)
Italian
1 entries- controfagotto noun (contrabassoon)
Japanese
1 entries- コントラファゴット noun (contrabassoon)
Polish
1 entries- kontrafagot noun (contrabassoon)
Portuguese
1 entries- contrafagote noun (contrabassoon)
Russian
1 entries- контрафаго́т noun (contrabassoon)
Spanish
1 entries- contrafagot noun (contrabassoon)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The orchestra employed is the usual large orchestra of the moderns, and Puccini adds a third flute, a contrabassoon, a celesta, and for the special effects in the opening of the third act a set of bells.
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Ann plays the contrabassoon in our orchestra.
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