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angélique

angélique noun: a plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.

angélique: a plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp,...
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Noun

angélique (plural angéliques)

  1. A plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.
    Synonyms:
    angelica, angel lute

Synonyms of angélique

Forms of angélique

pluralangéliques
alternative formangelique

Origin of angélique

Borrowed from French angélique. Doublet of angelic and angelique (“a plant of the genus Angelica”).

Questions about angélique

What does angélique mean?
Angélique means a plucked bowl lute with two necks and most often sixteen strings, played in the manner of a harp, and popular in Baroque Europe.
What part of speech is angélique?
Angélique is a noun.
What is the plural of angélique?
The plural of angélique is angéliques.

Words near angélique in the dictionary

  1. Anguthimri
  2. angwantibo
  3. angwantibos
  4. Angwin
  5. angy
  6. angélique
  7. angéliques
  8. anh.
  9. anhalamine
  10. anhalidine
  11. anhaline

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