bombardon

From French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

bombardon (plural bombardons)

1. (music) A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.
2. (music) A bass instrument of the shawm family
3. An organ pedal stop at 32' pitch which imitates the sound of the above mentioned instruments.

• bombard

Borrowed from French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɔm.bɑrˈdɔn/

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• Hyphenation: bom‧bar‧don
• Rhymes: -ɔn

bombardon m (plural bombardons, diminutive bombardonnetje n)

1. bombardon, bass tuba

From Italian bombardone.

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.baʁ.dɔ̃/

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bombardon m (plural bombardons)

1. bombardon, certain bass instruments, notably a tuba

• “bombardon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French bombardon.

• IPA^(key): /bom.barˈdon/

bombardon n (plural bombardoane)

1. bombardon

• “bombardon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025