doucine

English

Etymology

From French doucine. Doublet of dulzaina.

Noun

doucine (plural doucines)

1. (architecture) A cyma or ogee.

Anagrams

• Unicode

Old French

Alternative forms

• douçaine

Etymology

From dous (“sweet”). Compare dulcimer.

Noun

doucine oblique singular, f (oblique plural doucines, nominative singular doucine, nominative plural doucines)

1. (music) flute, oboe (or similar)

Descendants

• Spanish: dulzaina
  • → English: dulzaina

References

• “dulzaina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16