bombardon

French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

bombardon (plural bombardons)

1. (music) A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.
2. (music) A bass instrument of the shawm family
3. A organ pedal stop at 32' pitch which imitates the sound of the above mentioned instruments.

• bombard

From French, from Italian bombardone

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• Hyphenation: bom‧bar‧don

bombardon m (plural bombardons, diminutive bomdardonnetje n)

1. bombardon, certain bass instruments

From Italian bombardone

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.baʁ.dɔ̃/

bombardon m (plural bombardons)

1. bombardon, certain bass instruments, notably a tuba

• “bombardon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).