SOURDINE Definition & Meaning

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sourdine

[ soor-deen ]

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noun

Music.

mute ( def 10 ).
kit ².
an obsolete member of the oboe family.

sourdine

/ ��ʊəˈ�徱ː�� /

noun

a soft stop on an organ or harmonium
another word for sordino

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of sourdine¹

1670–80; < French: damper, mute < Italian sordina (feminine); sordino

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of sourdine¹

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

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Their embrace gradually became a whispered conversation, at first interrupted, but then accompanied by subdued sobbing, which was checked and began again, like music with sourdine.

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The more complete sourdine, which muted all the strings by contact of a long strip of leather, acted as the staccato, pizzicato, or pianissimo.

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