bémol

See also: bemol

French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin b molle (“B flat”, literally “soft B”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.mɔl/

• bémol:

  (file)

Noun

bémol m (plural bémols)

1. (music) flat, bemol
2. (figuratively) dampener

Related terms

• bécarre
• dièse

Further reading

• “bémol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.