carillon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French carillon.
Pronunciation
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.
Further reading
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French carillon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaː.rɪlˈjɔn/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ca‧ril‧lon
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
carillon n or m (plural carillons, diminutive carillonnetje n)
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/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio: (file)
Noun
carillon m (plural carillons)
- carillon (set of bells, often in a bell tower)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: carilló
- → Dutch: carillon
- → English: carillon
- → German: Carillon
- → Italian: carillon
- → Portuguese: carrilhão
Further reading
- “carillon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- karilon
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French carillon.
Noun
carillon (plural carillon-carillon)
- (music) carillon: a set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries
Further reading
- “carillon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French carillon.
Noun
carillon m (invariable)
Anagrams
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French carillon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.riˈjɔw̃/
- Rhymes: -ɔw̃
- Syllabification: ca‧ri‧llon
Noun
carillon m inan (related adjective carillonowy)
- carillon (set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries)
Declension
Declension of carillon
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | carillon | carillony |
| genitive | carillonu | carillonów |
| dative | carillonowi | carillonom |
| accusative | carillon | carillony |
| instrumental | carillonem | carillonami |
| locative | carillonie | carillonach |
| vocative | carillonie | carillony |