Sourdine Definition

so͝or-dēn
noun
An obsolete double-reed instrument with a soft tone.
American Heritage

Sordino.

Webster's New World
A mute, especially one for a violin.
American Heritage
A stop on an organ producing a low, muted tone.
American Heritage

(music, historical) A muted trumpet.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective

Muffled, muted; subdued.

Wiktionary

Origin of Sourdine

  • French from Italian sordina feminine of sordino a mute diminutive of sordo deaf, mute sordino

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French sourdine.

    From Wiktionary

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