Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dulcian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dul-cian
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore

Etymology

From German Dulzian, or a variant of dulciana.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Dulzian

Inflected Forms

dulcians (plural) dolcian (alternative) dulzian (alternative)

Questions

What does dulcian mean?: A Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore
Where does dulcian come from?: It is traced to German.

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