oboist

English

An oboist.

Alternative forms

• oboeist (rare)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English oboe

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English oboist

From oboe + -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

oboist (plural oboists)

2. (music) Someone who plays an oboe.

Synonyms

• oboe-player

Translations

performer on the oboe

• Armenian: հոբոյահար (hy) (hoboyahar)
• Belarusian: габаі́ст m (habaíst), габаі́стка f (habaístka)
• Bulgarian: обои́ст m (oboíst), обои́стка f (oboístka)
• Catalan: oboista (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

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• Czech: hobojista m, hobojistka f
• Danish: oboist c
• Dutch: hoboïst (nl) m, hoboïste f
• Estonian: oboemängija
• Finnish: oboisti (fi)
• French: hautboïste (fr) m or f
• Galician: oboísta (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ჰობოისტი (hoboisṭi)
• German: Oboist (de) m, Oboistin (de) f
• Hebrew: אַבּוּבָן (he) m ('abuván)
• Hungarian: oboás (hu)
• Italian: oboista m or f
• Japanese: オーボイスト (ja) (ōboisuto)
• Korean: 오보이스트 (oboiseuteu)
• Latvian: obojists m, obojiste f
• Lithuanian: obòjininkas m, obòjininkė f
• Macedonian: обоист m (oboist), обоистка f (oboistka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oboist m

  Nynorsk: oboist m

• Polish: oboista (pl) m, oboistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: oboísta (pt) m or f
• Romanian: oboist (ro) m, oboistă (ro) f
• Russian: гобои́ст (ru) m (goboíst), гобои́стка (ru) f (goboístka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: обо̀ист m

  Latin: obòist (sh) m

• Slovak: hobojista m, hobojistka f
• Spanish: oboísta (es) m or f
• Swedish: oboist (sv) c
• Turkish: obuacı (tr)
• Ukrainian: гобої́ст (uk) m (hobojíst), гобої́стка f (hobojístka)

Anagrams

• oobits

Danish

Noun

oboist c (singular definite oboisten, plural indefinite oboister)

1. oboist

Declension

Declension of oboist

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	oboist	oboisten	oboister	oboisterne
genitive	oboists	oboistens	oboisters	oboisternes

References

• “oboist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French haut bois

French hautbois

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

French -iste

French hautboïstebor.

Romanian oboist

Borrowed from French hautboïste.

Noun

oboist m (plural oboiști)

1. oboist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	oboist	oboistul	oboiști	oboiștii
genitive-dative	oboist	oboistului	oboiști	oboiștilor
vocative	oboistule		oboiștilor

Swedish

Etymology

oboe +‎ -ist

Noun

oboist c

1. an oboist (performer of the oboe)

Declension

Declension of oboist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	oboist	oboists
	definite	oboisten	oboistens
plural	indefinite	oboister	oboisters
	definite	oboisterna	oboisternas