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sour·dine (s

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1. An obsolete double-reed instrument with a soft tone.

2. A mute, especially one for a violin.

3. A stop on an organ producing a low, muted tone.

[French, from Italian sordina, feminine of sordino, a mute, diminutive of sordo, deaf, mute; see sordino.]

sourdine [sʊəˈdiːn]

n Music

1. (Music / Instruments) a soft stop on an organ or harmonium

2. (Music / Instruments) another word for sordino

[C17 (meaning: a muted trumpet): from French: a mute, from Italian; see sordino]

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Noun	1.	sourdine - a mute for a violin sordino mute - a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
	2.	sourdine - an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound organ stop - a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality

Translations

sourdine [sʊəˈdiːn] N → sordina f

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