diapason C2 Topic:Art & Music US /daɪəˈpeɪzən/ UK /daɪəˈpeɪzən/ See IPA manual Freq #195879 Meanings 1 noun a full, rich outpouring or range of musical sound; also a principal organ stop The final chord sounded in a broad diapason. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a full, rich outpouring or... full compassorgan stop Word family Derived forms diapasonaldisdiapasonsemidiapasontridiapason Etymology Borrowed from Latin diapason, from Ancient Greek διαπασῶν (diapasôn), that is διά (diá, “through”) + πασῶν (pasôn, “all”) (χορδῶν (khordôn, “notes”)), “through all (notes)”. Topics Art & Music External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # diapason **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /daɪəˈpeɪzən/ **IPA (UK):** /daɪəˈpeɪzən/ **Frequency rank:** 195879 ## Meanings 1. a full, rich outpouring or range of musical sound; also a principal organ stop ## Examples - The final chord sounded in a broad diapason. ## Synonyms - full compass - organ stop ## Derived Forms - diapasonal - disdiapason - semidiapason - tridiapason ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin diapason, from Ancient Greek διαπασῶν (diapasôn), that is διά (diá, “through”) + πασῶν (pasôn, “all”) (χορδῶν (khordôn, “notes”)), “through all (notes)”. ## Topics - Art & Music markdown