bémol
See also: bemol
French
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin b molle (“B flat”, literally “soft B”); the "flat" symbol looks like a small b, so this distinguishes it from the letter b.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbémol m (plural bémols)
Descendants
edit- → Bulgarian: бемол (bemol)
- → Macedonian: бемол (bemol)
- → Persian: بمل (bemol)
- → Polish: bemol
- → Russian: бемоль (bemolʹ)
- → Turkish: bemol
Further reading
edit- “bémol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.