carillon
English

a carillon tower
Noun
carillon (plural carillons)
- (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.
- A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Tagalog: karilyon
Translations
a set of bells, often in a bell tower, originating from the Low Countries
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Verb
carillon (third-person singular simple present carillons, present participle carilloning or carillonning, simple past and past participle carilloned or carillonned)
- To play a carillon.
- To ring out like a carillon.
- 1899, Matthew Phipps Shiel, Cold Steel, page 157:
- High carilloned Anne's laughter.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaː.rɪlˈjɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ca‧ril‧lon
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Synonyms
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/
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “carillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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