clarinet

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

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

clarinet (plural clarinets)

1. (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).

• agony-pipe

• chalumeau

• INTERCAL, litracen

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /klə.ɾiˈnət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /klə.ɾiˈnɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kla.ɾiˈnet/

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

clarinet n (plural clarinete)

1. (music) clarinet

• clarinetă