dièse

See also: diese

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diesis (“quarter-tone”), from Ancient Greek δίεσις (díesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djɛz/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

dièse m (plural dièses)

1. (music, history) diesis
2. (music) sharp
3. hash (punctuation mark)

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: диез (diez)
• → Macedonian: диез (diez)
• → Persian: دیز (diyez)
• → Russian: диез (dijez)
• → Turkish: diyez

See also

• bémol
• bécarre

Further reading

• “dièse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• idées