overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

hautbois.

Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.

  2. Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

hautbois has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

hautbois studiohautbois workshello, hautbois

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.