pardessus

From French pardessus de viole.

pardessus (plural pardessus)

1. (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.

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

• surpassed

From par-dessus (“over the top of”).

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.də.sy/

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pardessus m (plural pardessus)

1. overcoat (garment)

• → Ottoman Turkish: پاردسو (pardösü)
  • Turkish: pardösü
• → Persian: پاردسو (pârdesu)
• → Romanian: pardesiu
• → Vietnamese: ba-đờ-xuy

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