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castagnet

castagnet is the obsolete form of castanet.

Meaning of castanet

Noun

castanet (plural castanets)

  1. (in plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.

Forms of castagnet

pluralcastagnets

Questions about castagnet

What is castagnet the obsolete form of?
Castagnet is the obsolete form of castanet.

Words near castagnet in the dictionary

  1. castability
  2. castable
  3. castables
  4. Castagna
  5. Castagnas
  6. castagnet
  7. Castagnoli
  8. Castagnolis
  9. Castaic
  10. castalagin
  11. Castaldi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: castagnet (page history and authors); castanet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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