pardessus
See also: par-dessus
English
editEtymology
editFrom French pardessus de viole.
Noun
editpardessus (plural pardessus)
- (music) A pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family.
See also
editAnagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom par-dessus (“over the top of”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpardessus m (plural pardessus)
- overcoat (garment)
Descendants
edit- → Ottoman Turkish: پاردسو (pardösü)
- Turkish: pardösü
- → Persian: پاردسو (pârdesu)
- → Romanian: pardesiu
- → Vietnamese: ba-đờ-xuy
Further reading
edit- “pardessus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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