diapasón

See also: diapason

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diapāsōn, from Ancient Greek διαπᾱσῶν (diapāsôn), from Ancient Greek διὰ πᾱσῶν (χορδῶν) (dià pāsôn (khordôn), literally “through all (notes)”).

Noun

diapasón m (plural diapasones)

1. diapason
2. tuning fork
3. (music) fingerboard

Further reading

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