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carillon
 
SYLLABICATION:car·il·lon
PRONUNCIATION:  kr-ln, -ln
NOUN:1. A stationary set of chromatically tuned bells in a tower, usually played from a keyboard. 2. A composition written or arranged for these bells.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: car·il·lonned, car·il·lon·ning, car·il·lons
To play a carillon.
ETYMOLOGY:French, alteration of Old French quarregnon, from Late Latin quaterni, quaternin-, set of four. See quaternion.
 
 
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