clarinet

Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet), from Latin clarus.

Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”), from Latin clarus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌklæɹɪˈnɛt/, /ˌklɛɹɪˈnɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

clarinet (plural clarinets)

2. (music) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

   Synonym: agony-pipe

• chalumeau

• Clarinet
• Clarion

• INTERCAL, litracen

Borrowed from Italian clarinetto.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [klə.ɾiˈnɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [klə.ɾiˈnət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kla.ɾiˈnet]

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clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

• clarinetista

• “clarinet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

Borrowed from French clarinette or German Klarinette.

clarinet n (plural clarinete)

1. (music) clarinet

   Synonym: clarinetă