Meanings
noundulzaina (plural dulzainas)
plural dulzainas · alternative dolçaina
- A Spanish double reed musical instrument in the oboe family.
The dulzaina was a double-reed folk instrument, similar to the oboe, which comes from north-central Spain.
2010, Frank Koonce, Baroque Guitar in Spain and the New World, page 112
Origin
- Spanishdulzaina
- Englishdulzaina
Borrowed from Spanish dulzaina. Doublet of doucine.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan dolçaina
- dolçainamusical instrument
Spanish dulzaina
- dulzainamusical instrument
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