"bassoon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈsuːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈsun/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bassoon.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bassoon.wav [US] Forms: bassoons [plural]
enPR: bə-so͞onʹ Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: From French basson. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|basson}} French basson Head templates: {{en-noun}} bassoon (plural bassoons)
  1. A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges. Categories (topical): Musical instruments, Woodwind instruments Synonyms: fagotto [dated] Derived forms: bassoonist, bassooner, contrabassoon Translations (musical instrument in the woodwind family): fagot [masculine] (Albanian), زمخر (zamkhir) (Arabic), ֆագոտ (fagot) (Armenian), fagó [masculine] (Asturian), faqot (Azerbaijani), фагот (fagot) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fagot [masculine] (Catalan), 低音管 (dīyīnguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 巴松管 (bāsōngguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 大管 (dàguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), fagot [masculine] (Czech), fagot [common-gender] (Danish), fagot [masculine] (Dutch), fagoto (Esperanto), hobojego (Esperanto), fagott (Estonian), fagott [feminine] (Faroese), fagotti (Finnish), basson [masculine] (French), ფაგოტი (pagoṭi) (Georgian), Fagott [neuter] (German), בסון [masculine] (Hebrew), बसून (basūn) (Hindi), fagott (Hungarian), fagott [neuter] (Icelandic), basono (Ido), fagot (Indonesian), basún [masculine] (Irish), fagotto [masculine] (Italian), ファゴット (fagotto) (Japanese), バスーン (basūn) (Japanese), фагот (fagot) (Kazakh), 바순 (basun) (Korean), fagots [masculine] (Latvian), fagotas (Lithuanian), fagot [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), фагот (fagot) [masculine] (Macedonian), pūhoru (Maori), fagott [masculine] (Norwegian), fagot [masculine] (Polish), fagote [masculine] (Portuguese), fagot [neuter] (Romanian), фаго́т (fagót) [masculine] (Russian), torm-fheadan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), фа̀гот [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fàgot [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fagot [masculine] (Slovak), fagót [masculine] (Slovene), bajón [masculine] (Spanish), fagot [masculine] (Spanish), basuni (Swahili), fagott [common-gender] (Swedish), bahon (Tagalog), บาสซูน (bàatsoon) (Thai), fagot (Turkish), фаго́т (fahót) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kèn fagôt (Vietnamese), basun (Volapük), fagöm (english: older term) (Volapük), basŵn [masculine] (Welsh), פֿאַגאָט (fagot) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-bassoon-en-noun-S5QThEsj Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 72 5 23 Disambiguation of Woodwind instruments: 66 5 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 10 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 7 4

Verb

IPA: /bəˈsuːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈsun/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bassoon.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bassoon.wav [US] Forms: bassoons [present, singular, third-person], bassooning [participle, present], bassooned [participle, past], bassooned [past]
enPR: bə-so͞onʹ Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: From French basson. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|basson}} French basson Head templates: {{en-verb}} bassoon (third-person singular simple present bassoons, present participle bassooning, simple past and past participle bassooned)
  1. To play the bassoon.
    Sense id: en-bassoon-en-verb-J7Fth2Nq
  2. To make a bassoon-like sound.
    Sense id: en-bassoon-en-verb-qPkq-YCW

Inflected forms

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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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          "word": "fagot"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "fagoto"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "fagott"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pagoṭi",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "ფაგოტი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Fagott"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בסון"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "basūn",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "बसून"
        },
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "fagott"
        },
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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          ],
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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        },
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "fagot"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "basún"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagotto"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fagotto",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "ファゴット"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "basūn",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "バスーン"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "fagot",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "фагот"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "basun",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "바순"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagots"
        },
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "fagotas"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "фагот"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "pūhoru"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagott"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagot"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagote"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fagot"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fagót",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фаго́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "torm-fheadan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фа̀гот"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fàgot"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagot"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagót"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagot"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bajón"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fagot"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "basuni"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fagott"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "bahon"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bàatsoon",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "บาสซูน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "fagot"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "fahót",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фаго́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "word": "kèn fagôt"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "basŵn"
        },
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "fagot",
          "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        }
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      "roman": "fagot",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "ֆագոտ"
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "faqot"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "фагот"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fagot"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dīyīnguǎn",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "低音管"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "巴松管"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "大管"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      ],
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagot"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "fagoto"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "fagotti"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      ],
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "ფაგოტი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fagott"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "בסון"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "बसून"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "fagott"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      ],
      "word": "fagott"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "basono"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "fagot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "basún"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagotto"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "ファゴット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "basūn",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "バスーン"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "fagot",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "фагот"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "basun",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "바순"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagots"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "fagotas"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фагот"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "pūhoru"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagott"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fagot"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagote"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fagot"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "fagót",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фаго́т"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "torm-fheadan"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фа̀гот"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
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      "word": "fàgot"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagot"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagót"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fagot"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      "word": "fagot"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "basuni"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      "word": "fagott"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "bahon"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bàatsoon",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "บาสซูน"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "fagot"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fahót",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фаго́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "kèn fagôt"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
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      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "word": "fagöm"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "basŵn"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fagot",
      "sense": "musical instrument in the woodwind family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאַגאָט"
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