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Webster 1913 Edition


Fagotto


Fa-got′to

,
Noun.
[It. See
Fagot
.]
(Mus.)
The bassoon; – so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.

Definition 2024


fagotto

fagotto

English

Noun

fagotto (plural fagottos or fagottoes or fagotti)

  1. (music, dated) The bassoon.


Italian

Etymology

Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Latin fascis (bundle of wood).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔtto

Noun

fagotto m (plural fagotti)

  1. bundle; sad sack
  2. swag
  3. (music) bassoon

Derived terms