bémol

See also: bemol

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin b molle (“B flat”, literally “soft B”); the "flat" symbol looks like a small b, so this distinguishes it from the letter b.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be.mɔl/
bémol (file)

Noun

bémol m (plural bémols)

(music) flat, bemol
Coordinate terms: bécarre, dièse
(figuratively) dampener

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: бемол (bemol)
→ Macedonian: бемол (bemol)
→ Persian: بمل (bemol)
→ Polish: bemol
→ Russian: бемоль (bemolʹ)
→ Turkish: bemol

Further reading

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

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