tremulant
tremulant · tremulants
A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds…A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument.
/ˈtɹɛmjʊlənt/
Meaning
1 sensesA mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument.
Origin
From Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”).From Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”).
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Forms
plural: tremulants| Singular | tremulant |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.