noun
Meaning 1
The musical octave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Standard Lemma guide
diapason
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noun
Meaning 2
The range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, literary
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Synonyms: range, scope
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ.
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noun
Meaning 4
One of the lowest strings on an archlute, theorbo, chitarrone, or similar bass lute-family instrument, usually unfrettable.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 5
A harmonious outpouring of sound.
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noun
Meaning 6
either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diapason stop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organ stop
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin diapason, from Ancient Greek διαπασῶν (diapasôn), that is διά (diá, “through”) + πασῶν (pasôn, “all”) (χορδῶν (khordôn, “notes”)), “through all (notes)”.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: диапазо́н (diapazón) — the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument
- Russian: диапазо́н (diapazón) — the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument
- Serbo-Croatian: дијапазон — the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument
- Serbo-Croatian: dijapazon — the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument
- Ukrainian: діапазо́н (diapazón) — the range or scope of something, especially of notes in a scale, or of a particular musical instrument