| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| hautboy |
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| SYLLABICATION: | haut·boy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h  boi , boi |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also haut·bois |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. haut·boys also haut·bois (-boiz)
An oboe. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French hautbois, from Old French : haut, high; see haughty + bois, wood (of Germanic origin).
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