carillon

English

a carillon tower

Etymology

Borrowed from French carillon.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈrɪljən/

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Noun

carillon (plural carillons)

1. (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.
2. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

Derived terms

• carillonic
• carillonist
• carillonistic
• carillonneur

Related terms

• chimes
• glockenspiel

Descendants

• Tagalog: karilyon

Translations

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

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: карыльён m (karylʹjón)
• Catalan: carilló (ca) m
• Danish: klokkespil n
• Dutch: beiaard (nl) m, carillon (nl), klokkenspel (nl) n
• Esperanto: kariljono
• Finnish: tornikellopeli (fi), carillon (fi)
• French: carillon (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Carillon n
• Greek: καριγιόν n (karigión)
• Hungarian: harangjáték (hu)
• Irish: clogaireacht f, clogra m
• Italian: carillon (it) m
• Japanese: カリヨン (kariyon)
• Polish: karylion m, carillon (pl) m
• Portuguese: carrilhão (pt) m
• Romanian: carilon (ro) n
• Russian: карильо́н (ru) m (karilʹón), карийо́н (ru) m (karijón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

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

• Spanish: carrillón m, carillón m
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Verb

carillon (third-person singular simple present carillons, present participle carilloning or carillonning, simple past and past participle carilloned or carillonned)

1. To play a carillon.
2. To ring out like a carillon.
   • 1899, Matthew Phipps Shiel, Cold Steel, page 157:

     High carilloned Anne's laughter.

Further reading

• carillon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• corallin

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French carillon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.rɪlˈjɔn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ca‧ril‧lon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

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

1. carillon

Synonyms

• beiaard
• klokkenspel

French

Alternative forms

• carrillon (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French quarrillon, from Late Latin *quadriniōnem, from quaterniō (“group of four things”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁi.jɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

carillon m (plural carillons)

1. carillon (set of bells, often in a bell tower)

Derived terms

• carillonnant
• carillonnement
• carillonner
• carillonneur

Descendants

• → Catalan: carilló
• → Dutch: carillon
• → English: carillon
• → German: Carillon
• → Italian: carillon
• → Portuguese: carrilhão

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French carillon.

Noun

carillon m (invariable)

1. musical box
2. carillon

Anagrams

• Roncalli, rincolla