sourdine

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English

Etymology

From French sourdine.

Pronunciation

Noun

sourdine (plural sourdines)

  1. (music, historical) A muted trumpet.
  2. (music, historical) A mute; a damper.

Adjective

sourdine (comparative more sourdine, superlative most sourdine)

  1. Muffled, muted; subdued.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 436:
      The streets had been considerably quieter in the sourdine Past.

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French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sordina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sourdine f (plural sourdines)

  1. mute (something that reduces the emitted sound)
  2. (music) mute

Derived terms

Verb

sourdine

  1. inflection of sourdiner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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