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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOMBARDON

From Italian bombardone.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BOMBARDON

bombardon  [ˈbɒmbədən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOMBARDON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bombardon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOMBARDON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bombardon

Tuba

The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid 19th-century, making it one of the newest instruments in the modern orchestra and concert band. The tuba largely replaced the ophicleide. Tuba is Latin for Pipe. The horn referred to would most likely resemble what is known as a baroque trumpet. A person who plays the tuba is known as a tubaist or tubist. In the United Kingdom a person who plays the tuba in an orchestra is known simply as a tuba player; in a brass band or military band they are known as a bass player.

Definition of bombardon in the English dictionary

The definition of bombardon in the dictionary is a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone. Other definition of bombardon is a 16-foot bass reed stop on an organ.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOMBARDON


arthropodan
ɑːˈθrɒpədən
bourdon
ˈbʊədən
cephalopodan
ˌsefəˈlɒpədən
decapodan
dɪˈkæpədən
faburden
ˈfæbədən
gastropodan
ɡæsˈtrɒpədən
isopodan
aɪˈsɒpədən
Muhammadan
mʊˈhæmədən
Muhammedan
mʊˈhæmədən
myriapodan
ˌmɪrɪˈæpədən
octopodan
ɒkˈtɒpədən
Reardon
ˈrɪədən
rhizopodan
raɪˈzɒpədən
solenodon
səˈlɛnədən
theropodan
θɪˈrɒpədən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOMBARDON

bomb shelter
bomb site
bombable
bombacaceous
bombard
bombarde
bombarder
bombardier
bombardier beetle
bombardment
bombasine
bombast
bombaster
bombastic
bombastically
bombax
Bombay
Bombay duck
Bombay Hills
bombazine

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOMBARDON

abandon
Armageddon
cardon
cordon
Croydon
don
East London
Gordon
guerdon
Huntingdon
I beg your pardon
lardon
London
pardon
Poseidon
reguerdon
royal pardon
Swindon
Vardon
Wimbledon

Synonyms and antonyms of bombardon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bombardon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOMBARDON

Find out the translation of bombardon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bombardon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bombardon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bombardon
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bombardon
570 millions of speakers

English

bombardon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bombardon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bombardon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bombardon
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bombardino
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bombardon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bombardon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bombardon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bombardon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bombardon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bombardon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bombardon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bombardon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bombardon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बमबूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bombardon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

genis
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bombardon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bombardon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bombardon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Bombardon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Bombardon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bombardon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bombardon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bombardon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOMBARDON»

The term «bombardon» is normally little used and occupies the 118.603 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOMBARDON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bombardon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bombardon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bombardon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOMBARDON»

Discover the use of bombardon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bombardon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Art of Tuba and Euphonium Playing
8 The word bombardon possibly came from the bombardone of Italy. The "Italian bombardone" was the bass shawn, while the tenor shawn was simply named " bombarde." The shawns were early European ancestors of the oboe family and ...
Staff, Alfred Publishing
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Musical Wind Instruments
Bombardon. (F.) Contrebasse a pistons. Tuba contrebasse. Saxhorn contrebasse . Bombardon contrebasse. (I.) Tuba bassa. Bombardone. If the bass tuba or bombardon of about 12 to 14 feet of tube-length, and therefore in either F or E flat , ...
Adam Carse, 2002
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The American history and encyclopedia of music ...
Then Bombardon hears Gontran's familiar but disconsolate voice and fairly falls upon him in his joy. In fact, he is a great deal happier to find an old friend than to win a bride. The matter is cleared to Christina's satisfaction and Bombardon gaily  ...
William Lines Hubbard, George W. Andrews, Edward Dickinson, 1908
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Foucault's Pendulum
The bombardon has only three keys, but it's the embouchure that matters, as I said. I won't bore you any further, my little listeners. The day came, after long sleepless afternoons, when I could introduce to Don Tico two bombardons — I won't ...
Umberto Eco, 2007
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Guide to the Tuba Repertoire, Second Edition: The New Tuba ...
Bombastic Bombardon, Siebert, Edrich. Bombastoso, Vander Cook, H. A. Boogie, Goddard, Mark. Book of Beginning Tuba Solos, Daellenbach, Charles (arr.). Book of Easy Tuba Solos, Daellenbach, Charles (arr.). Boosey's Bombardon Solo ...
R. Winston Morris, 2006
6
The British Brass Band : A Musical and Social History: A ...
Bass drum £6 6s. upwards Silver-plating charged extra, ranging from £2. os. for a soprano cornet to £1 2. os. for a circular bombardon in Bk Source: Joseph Higham, catalogue, 1889; in 1990 in the possession of Howard Higham Robinson, ...
Trevor Herbert, 2000
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A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration: ...
The Bombardon. This is a low instrument, without keys, and with three cylinders ; the quality of which differs but little from that of the ophicleide. ^ Its compass is this : — With the chromatic intenrals. It possesses five notes still beyond, both ...
Hector Berlioz, Mary Cowden Clarke, 1860
8
Legendary Locals of Arcata
Bayside's Boosey Bombardon When Humboldt State University brass musician Gil Cline learned that a vintage e-flat Boosey tuba donated to the music department had been owned by Bayside residents, he tracked down Bayside Grange ...
Kevin L. Hoover, 2013
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Performance Practice: A Dictionary-Guide for Musicians
The name cimbasso was perpetuated even after the corno basso was replaced by the ophicleide or bombardon. Verdi's cimbasso, therefore, may in many of his works actually have been a bombardon. For Otello, however, Verdi expressed a ...
Roland Jackson, 2005
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Architecture of Schools: The New Learning Environments
7. The. Bombardon. School,. Almere,. The. Netherlands. Architectuurstudio Herman Hertzberger Type of project: A special needs school for children with educational and learning difficulties. Client: Almere City Council. Site area: 1500 mg.
Mark Dudek, 2012

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOMBARDON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bombardon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Discovering Elgar's loony tunes
On a good day they could muster piccolo, flute and clarinet, two cornets, euphonium and a bombardon (a kind of bass tuba), up to eight violins, ... «Limelight Magazine, May 14»
2
The families that ran the foundry over the years
And they also helped in the World War Two effort - again with hand grenades and Bombardon Tanks, used in breakwaters for landing craft, and ... «Portadown Times, Dec 12»
3
4BR Scouting Report - William Druiett
... local primary school as part of a 'Wider Opportunity' programme – and produced a small bombardon tuba for the children to try and blow on. «4barsrest.com, Dec 11»
4
Tribute to Dr. Victor Abimbola Olaiya at 80
He started his musical career an early age he learned to play the Bombardon and the French Horn. After leaving school he moved to Lagos ... «Osun Defender, Feb 11»
5
The music of fictional composers.
After the magnificent group that ushered in the piece (bugle, bass-viol, bassoon, basset-horn, bombardon, bass-drum, bagpipe, baritone, and a ... «New Yorker, Aug 09»
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Tom O'Horgan, 1924-2009
... each graduated in size, from piccolo and toy bugle up to contrabass clarinet and bombardon. Each specimen, you felt, had been chosen for ... «Village Voice, Jan 09»

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