carillon

English

Wikipedia

a carillon tower

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkɛrɪˌlɑn/

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Noun

carillon (plural carillons)

1. A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
2. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

Derived terms

• carillonist

Translations

a set of bells, often in a bell tower, originating from the Low Countries

• Dutch: beiaard (nl) m, carillon (nl), klokkenspel (nl) n
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: clogaireacht (ga) f, clogra (ga) m
• Romanian: carilon (ro) n

• Russian: карильон (ru) (karilʹón) m , карийон (ru) (karijón) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: zvonara (sh) f, zvonik (sh) m

Descendants

• Tagalog: karilyon

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Dutch

Noun

carillon n, m (plural carillons, diminutive carillonnetje)

1. carillon

Synonyms

• beiaard
• klokkenspel

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Italian

Noun

carillon m (invariable)

1. musical box
2. carillon

Anagrams

• rincolla