bémol

See also: bemol

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin b molle (“B flat”, literally “soft B”); the "flat" symbol looks like a small b, so this distinguishes it from the letter b.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.mɔl/

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Noun

bémol m (plural bémols)

1. (music) flat, bemol

   Coordinate terms: bécarre, dièse

2. (figuratively) dampener

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: бемол (bemol)
• → Macedonian: бемол (bemol)
• → Persian: بمل (bemol)
• → Polish: bemol
• → Russian: бемоль (bemolʹ)
• → Turkish: bemol

Further reading

• “bémol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.