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View synonyms for sourdine

sourdine

[ soor-deen ]

noun

, Music.
  1. an obsolete member of the oboe family.


sourdine

/ sʊəˈdiːn /

noun

  1. a soft stop on an organ or harmonium
  2. another word for sordino
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sourdine1

1670–80; < French: damper, mute < Italian sordina (feminine); sordino
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sourdine1

C17 (meaning: a muted trumpet): from French: a mute, from Italian; see sordino
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Example Sentences

Their embrace gradually became a whispered conversation, at first interrupted, but then accompanied by subdued sobbing, which was checked and began again, like music with sourdine.

The more complete sourdine, which muted all the strings by contact of a long strip of leather, acted as the staccato, pizzicato, or pianissimo.

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