DULCITONE

Meaning of DULCITONE in English

[ 'dʌlsɪtəʊn ]

■ noun a musical keyboard instrument, superseded by the celesta, in which a series of steel tuning forks are struck by hammers.

Origin

C19: from L. dulcis 'sweet' + tonus 'tone'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

DULCITONE — -tōn trademark — used for a keyboard instrument similar to the celesta in which hammers strike a set of tuning …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DULCITONE — n. keyboard instrument with a series of steel tuning forks that are struck by hammers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DULCITONE — n. Mus. a keyboard instrument with steel tuning-forks which are struck by hammers. [L dulcis sweet + TONE]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DULCITONE — n. Mus. a keyboard instrument with steel tuning-forks which are struck by hammers. [ L dulcis sweet + TONE ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DULCITONE — n. Mus. a keyboard instrument with steel tuning-forks which are struck by hammers. Etymology: L dulcis sweet + TONE
Oxford English vocab
TUNING FORK — narrow, two-pronged steel bar that when tuned to a specific musical pitch retains its tuning almost indefinitely. It was apparently …
Britannica English vocabulary
KEYBOARD — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Keyboard Instruments accordion melodica American organ Moog synthesizer (trademark) calliope Novachord carillon ondes martenot …
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