doucine

English edit

Etymology edit

From French doucine. Doublet of dulzaina.

Noun edit

doucine (plural doucines)

(architecture) A cyma or ogee.

Anagrams edit

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Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

douçaine

Etymology edit

From dous (“sweet”). Compare dulcimer.

Noun edit

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

(music) flute, oboe (or similar)

Descendants edit

Spanish: dulzaina
- → English: dulzaina

References edit

“dulzaina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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