Question 1

What is the plural of the French word "cabrette"?

Accepted Answer

cabrettes

Question 2

What is the etymology of thr French word "cabrette"?

Accepted Answer

from Occitan cabreto or cabreta ('small goat'), then by extension 'bagpipe, musette', because the bag (bellows) of the instrument is or was made of goatskin.

Question 3

What does the French word "cabrette" mean?

Accepted Answer

A type of bagpipe consisting of a bag (fed by a bellows), a 'foot' (oboe with drone), mainly made in the Auvergne colony of Paris in the 19th century and then played by import in the French Massif Central (Cantal, Haute-Loire, northern Aveyron, northern Lozère, southern Puy-de-Dôme, eastern Corrèze, northern Lot).

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