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pardessus

pardessus noun: a pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family.

Noun

pardessus (plural pardessus)

  1. A pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family.

Forms of pardessus

pluralpardessus

Origin of pardessus

From French pardessus de viole.

Questions about pardessus

What does pardessus mean?
Pardessus means a pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family.
What part of speech is pardessus?
Pardessus is a noun.
What is the plural of pardessus?
The plural of pardessus is pardessus.

Words near pardessus in the dictionary

  1. Pardee
  2. Pardees
  3. Pardeeville
  4. Pardesi
  5. Pardesis
  6. pardessus
  7. Pardew
  8. Pardhan
  9. Pardhans
  10. pardi
  11. Pardiac

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