sourdine
English
Etymology
From French sourdine.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sʊəˈdiːn/
Noun
sourdine (plural sourdines)
- (music, historical) A muted trumpet.
- (music, historical) A mute; a damper.
Adjective
sourdine (comparative more sourdine, superlative most sourdine)
- Muffled, muted; subdued.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 436:
- The streets had been considerably quieter in the sourdine Past.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 436:
Anagrams
- roundies
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
sourdine f (plural sourdines)
- mute (something that reduces the emitted sound)
- (music) mute
Derived terms
- la mettre en sourdine
Verb
sourdine
- inflection of sourdiner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “sourdine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.