bemol

From Italian bemolle, from Medieval Latin b mollis (“B-flat”, literally “soft B”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːmɒl/

bemol (plural bemols)

1. (music, obsolete) The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note.

   Antonym: diesis

   • 1753, The Deist Triumphant‎^[1], page 154:

     F natural has a Bemol on b. [...] B flat has a Bemol on b and e.

   • 1818, George Jones, History of the Rise and Progress of Music, Theoretical and Practical‎^[2], page 345:

     Now B♭, which is ſuppoſed to be repreſented by Nº 6. of the hammers, is the generator of the next modulation or key in the bemol or flat mode, F.

   • 1841, Terence Joseph O'Donnelly, The Academy of Elementary Music‎^[3], page 133:

     Sol major has only one dièse for a signature; therefore sol ♭ major must have six bemols; six and one make seven.

• Blome, Lembo, embol-, moble, Bloem

From Italian bemolle.

bemol

1. (music) flat (lowered by one semitone)

bemol m

1. (music) flat

Borrowed from French bémol, from Italian bemolle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.mɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmɔl
• Syllabification: be‧mol

bemol m inan

1. (music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)

   Coordinate term: krzyżyk

• bemol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bemol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Italian bemolle.^[1] By surface analysis, bê +‎ mole.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔw, (Portugal) -ɔl
• Hyphenation: be‧mol

bemol m or f (plural bemóis, not comparable)

1. (music, note) flat (lowered by one semitone)

bemol m (plural bemóis)

1. (music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)

Borrowed from French bémol or Italian bemolle.

bemol m (plural bemoli)

1. bemol

From B (“musical letter”) + mol, from mole (“soft”).

• IPA^(key): /beˈmol/ [beˈmol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: be‧mol

bemol m or f (masculine and feminine plural bemoles)

1. (music) flat

   Esta pieza está compuesta en re bemol.

   This piece was composed in D flat.

bemol m (plural bemoles)

1. (music) flat symbol

   Se te olvidó poner un par de bemoles.

   You forgot to add a couple of flats.

• “bemol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from French bémol.

bemol (definite accusative bemolü, plural bemollar)

1. (music) flat

• “bemol”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “bemol”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı