sourdine

sour·dine

S0580500 (so͝or-dēn′)n.1. An obsolete double-reed instrument with a soft tone.2. A mute, especially one for a violin.3. A stop on an organ producing a low, muted tone.

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[French, from Italian sordina, feminine of sordino, a mute, diminutive of sordo, deaf, mute; see sordino.]

sourdine

(sʊəˈdiːn) n1. (Instruments) a soft stop on an organ or harmonium2. (Instruments) another word for sordino[C17 (meaning: a muted trumpet): from French: a mute, from Italian; see sordino]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sourdine - a mute for a violin sordinomute - a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
	2.	sourdine - an organ stop resulting in a soft muted soundorgan stop - a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality

Translations

сурдина