dijapazon
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin diapason, from Ancient Greek διαπασῶν (diapasôn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dijapǎzoːn/
- Hyphenation: di‧ja‧pa‧zon
Noun
dijapàzōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling дијапа̀зо̄н)
- (music) the range of a musical instrument (chromatic range) or human voice (vocal range)
- (figurative) the breadth and scope of someone's achievements or of a learned/acquired aspect of their personality; e.g. interests, opinions, abilities, knowledge
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dijapazon | dijapazoni |
| genitive | dijapazona | dijapazona |
| dative | dijapazonu | dijapazonima |
| accusative | dijapazon | dijapazone |
| vocative | dijapazonu | dijapazoni |
| locative | dijapazonu | dijapazonima |
| instrumental | dijapazonom | dijapazonima |
References
- “dijapazon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025