dulzaina

English

A dolzaina

Alternative forms

• dolçaina

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dulzaina. Doublet of doucine.

Noun

dulzaina (plural dulzainas)

1. A Spanish double reed musical instrument in the oboe family.
   • 2010, Frank Koonce, Baroque Guitar in Spain and the New World‎^[1], page 112:

     The dulzaina was a double-reed folk instrument, similar to the oboe, which comes from north-central Spain.

Translations

musical instrument

• Catalan: dolçaina (ca) f
• Spanish: dulzaina (es) f

Further reading

• dulzaina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

dulzaina f (plural dulzaine)

1. (music) Synonym of bombarda

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French douçaine, doucine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /dulˈθaina/ [d̪ul̟ˈθai̯.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /dulˈsaina/ [d̪ulˈsai̯.na]
• Rhymes: -aina
• Syllabification: dul‧zai‧na

Noun

dulzaina f (plural dulzainas)

1. dulzaina (musical instrument)

Derived terms

• dulzainero

Descendants

• → English: dulzaina

Further reading

• “dulzaina”, 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
• dulzaina on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es