Definition of Sourdine

1. Noun. A mute for a violin.

Exact synonyms: Sordino
Generic synonyms: Mute

2. Noun. An organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound.
Generic synonyms: Organ Stop

Definition of Sourdine

1. Noun. (music historical) A muted trumpet. ¹

2. Noun. (music historical) A mute; a damper. ¹

3. Adjective. Muffled, muted; subdued. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sourdine

1. sordine [n -S] - See also: sordine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sourdine

source texts
sourceable
sourcebook
sourcebooks
sourcecode
sourced
sourceful
sourceless
sourcelessly
sources
sourcework
sourcing
sourcings
sourcream
sourcrout
sourdine (current term)
sourdines
sourdough
sourdough(a)
sourdough bread
sourdoughs
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soured cream
soured creams
sourer
sourest
soureth
sourgum
sourgums
souring

Literary usage of Sourdine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A catechism for the harmonium by John Hiles (1877)
"©Point d'Orgue or Grand prolongement: Organ-point, great prolongation of the sounds. Finally the Forte Register. In some instruments the sourdine and the ..."

2. The Pomological Manual: Or, a Treatise on Fruits ; Containing Descriptions by William Robert Prince (1831)
"There is no doubt whatever of the identity, of the Royal, the sourdine, the Teton de Venus, and the Late Admirable" [of the English collections ; the French ..."

3. Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man by Nicolas Gouin Dufief (1810)
"A la sourdine. This gun caries very far. Ce fusil porte bien /oi'n. I perceived them at a distance. Je les ai aperçus de loin. They are already oui of tight ..."

4. Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man: Being a New and by Nicolas Gouin Dufief (1834)
"A la sourdine. This gun carries very/ar. Ce fusil porte bien loin. I perceived them at a distance. Je les ai aperçus de loin. They are already out of sight. ..."

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