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dolcian

dolcian is the alternative form of dulcian.

Meaning of dulcian

Noun

dulcian (plural dulcians)

  1. A Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore

Forms of dolcian

pluraldolcians

Questions about dolcian

What is dolcian the alternative form of?
Dolcian is the alternative form of dulcian.

Words near dolcian in the dictionary

  1. dolces
  2. Dolcett
  3. dolcetti
  4. dolcetto
  5. dolcettos
  6. dolcian
  7. dolcians
  8. dolcissimo
  9. Dold
  10. doldrum
  11. doldrums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dolcian (page history and authors); dulcian (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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