carillon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French carillon.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
carillon (plural carillons)
- (music) A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
- A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
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Descendants[edit]
- Tagalog: karilyon
Translations[edit]
a set of bells, often in a bell tower, originating from the Low Countries
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Verb[edit]
carillon (third-person singular simple present carillons, present participle carilloning or carillonning, simple past and past participle carilloned or carillonned)
- To play a carillon.
- To ring out like a carillon.
- 1899, Matthew Phipps Shiel, Cold Steel, page 157:
- High carilloned Anne's laughter.
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French carillon.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
carillon n or m (plural carillons, diminutive carillonnetje n)
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French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French quarrillon, from Late Latin *quadriniōnem, from quaterniō (“group of four things”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
carillon m (plural carillons)
- carillon (set of bells, often in a bell tower)
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Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: carilló
- → Dutch: carillon
- → English: carillon
- → German: Carillon
- → Italian: carillon
- → Portuguese: carrilhão
Further reading[edit]
- “carillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from French carillon.
Noun[edit]
carillon m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
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