Clār'i-o-nĕt' or Clār'i-nĕt', n.

noun

n. [Fr. clarinette, It. clarinetto, chiarina, from Lat. clarus. See supra.] (Mus.) A wind instrument, of the reed kind, the leading instrument in a military band.

An old-fashioned clarionet with a flared bell and several keys is shown horizontally. — Clarionet.