bemol

From Italian bemolle, from Medieval Latin b mollis (“B-flat”, literally “soft B”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːmɒl/

bemol (plural bemols)

1. (music, obsolete) The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note.
   • 1753, The Deist Triumphant‎, page 154:

     F natural has a Bemol on b. [...] B flat has a Bemol on b and e.

   • 1818, George Jones, History of the Rise and Progress of Music, Theoretical and Practical‎, page 345:

     Now B♭, which is ſuppoſed to be repreſented by Nº 6. of the hammers, is the generator of the next modulation or key in the bemol or flat mode, F.

   • 1841, Terence Joseph O'Donnelly, The Academy of Elementary Music‎, page 133:

     Sol major has only one dièse for a signature; therefore sol ♭ major must have six bemols; six and one make seven.

   Antonym: diesis

• Blome, Lembo, moble

From Italian bemolle.

bemol

1. (music) flat (lowered by one semitone)

bemol m

1. (music) flat

Borrowed from French bémol, from Italian bemolle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.mɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmɔl
• Syllabification: be‧mol

bemol m inan

1. (music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)

   Coordinate term: krzyżyk

• bemol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bemol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Italian bemolle.

• Hyphenation: be‧mol

bemol m or f (plural bemóis, not comparable)

1. (music, note) flat (lowered by one semitone)

bemol m (plural bemóis)

1. (music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)

From French bémol or Italian bemolle.

bemol m (plural bemoli)

1. bemol

From B (“musical letter”) + mol, from mole (“soft”).

• IPA^(key): /beˈmol/ [beˈmol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: be‧mol

bemol (plural bemoles)

1. (music) flat

   Esta pieza está compuesta en re bemol.

   This piece was composed in D flat.

bemol m (plural bemoles)

1. (music) flat symbol

   Se te olvidó poner un par de bemoles.

   You forgot to add a couple of flats.

• “bemol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014