bécarre

French

Etymology

A Frenchification (see carré) of Italian bequadro, itself derived from Medieval Latin b quadrātum (“B natural”, literally “square B”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.kaʁ/

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Noun

bécarre m (plural bécarres)

1. (music) natural

   Coordinate terms: double bémol, bémol, dièse, double dièse

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: бекар (bekar)
• → Hebrew: בקר (beqár)
• → Persian: بکار (bekâr)
• → Russian: бекар (bekar)
• → Turkish: bekar

Adjective

bécarre (plural bécarres)

1. (music) natural

Further reading

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