| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | car·il·lon |
| PRONUNCIATION: | k r -l n , -l n |
| 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 , quaterni n-, set of four. See quaternion.
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