bombardon

n.

1. A brass instrument resembling a tuba but with a lower pitch; a bass or contrabass tuba.
2. A 16- or 32-foot reed stop on an organ.

[French, from Italian bombardone, augmentative of bombardo, alteration of bombarda, bombard, from Medieval Latin. See bombard.]

Tuba, especially in 12′F and 14′E♭, and particularly in a band; but it has been used of a variety of tuba-type instruments in different countries.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
  Synonym: helicon

Meaning #2: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
  Synonym: bombard

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bombardon

Nederlands (Dutch)
bombardon, tuba

Français (French)
n. - bombardon

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bombardon, Baßtuba (auch Orgelregister)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) βομβάρδο

Italiano (Italian)
bombardone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tuba (f) (Mús.)

Русский (Russian)
туба, кнопка на органе с таким звуком

Español (Spanish)
n. - bombardino, bombarda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bastuba, orgelregister

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
低音大号, 低音簧舌塞子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 低音大號, 低音簧舌塞子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 저음 금관 악기의 일종, 저음 음전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ボンバルドン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) آله موسيقيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טובת בס‬

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