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Definition of Sourdine
1. Noun. A mute for a violin.
2. Noun. An organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound.
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
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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