bemol

See also: bémol

English

Etymology

From Italian bemolle, from Medieval Latin b mollis (“B-flat”, literally “soft B”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːmɒl/

Noun

bemol (plural bemols)

1. (music, obsolete) The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note.

   Antonym: diesis

   • 1753, The Deist Triumphant‎, page 154:

     F natural has a Bemol on b. [...] B flat has a Bemol on b and e.

   • 1818, George Jones, History of the Rise and Progress of Music, Theoretical and Practical‎, page 345:

     Now B♭, which is ſuppoſed to be repreſented by Nº 6. of the hammers, is the generator of the next modulation or key in the bemol or flat mode, F.

   • 1841, Terence Joseph O'Donnelly, The Academy of Elementary Music‎, page 133:

     Sol major has only one dièse for a signature; therefore sol ♭ major must have six bemols; six and one make seven.

Translations

bemol

French: bémol (fr) m Greek: ύφεση (el) f (ýfesi) Hungarian: bé (hu) Italian: bemolle (it) m Polish: bemol (pl) m Portuguese: bemol (pt) m Russian: бемо́ль (ru) m (bemólʹ) Spanish: bemol (es) m

Anagrams

• Blome, Lembo, embol-, moble, Bloem

Albanian

Etymology

From Italian bemolle.

Adjective

bemol

1. (music) flat (lowered by one semitone)

Noun

bemol m

1. (music) flat

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

bemol

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French bémol, from Italian bemolle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.mɔl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛmɔl
• Syllabification: be‧mol

Noun

bemol m inan

1. (music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)

   Coordinate term: krzyżyk

Declension

Declension of bemol

	singular	plural
nominative	bemol	bemole
genitive	bemola	bemoli/bemolów
dative	bemolowi	bemolom
accusative	bemol	bemole
instrumental	bemolem	bemolami
locative	bemolu	bemolach
vocative	bemolu	bemole

Derived terms

adjective

• bemolowy

noun

• bemol podwójny

Further reading

• bemol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bemol in Polish dictionaries at PWN