carillon

English

a carillon tower

Etymology

Borrowing from French carillon.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/

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
• carillonneur

Translations

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

• Catalan: carilló (ca) m
• Dutch: beiaard (nl) m, carillon (nl), klokkenspel (nl) n
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: clogaireacht f, clogra m

• Romanian: carilon (ro) n
• Russian: карильо́н (ru) m (karilʹón), карийо́н (ru) m (karijón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

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

Descendants

• Tagalog: karilyon

Anagrams

• corallin

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ril‧lon

Etymology

Borrowing from French carillon.

Noun

carillon n, m (plural carillons, diminutive carillonnetje n)

1. carillon

Synonyms

• beiaard
• klokkenspel

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French carillon.

Noun

carillon m (invariable)

1. musical box
2. carillon

Anagrams

• rincolla