# bemol
## English
### Etymology

From Italian bemolle, from Medieval Latin b mollis (“B-flat”, literally “soft B”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiːmɒl/

### Noun

bemol (plural bemols)
* (music, obsolete) The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note.
    Antonym: diesis
** 1753, The Deist Triumphant‎, page 154:F natural has a Bemol on b. [...] B flat has a Bemol on b and e.
** 1818, George Jones, History of the Rise and Progress of Music, Theoretical and Practical‎, page 345:Now B♭, which is ſuppoſed to be repreſented by Nº 6. of the hammers, is the generator of the next modulation or key in the bemol or flat mode, F.
** 1841, Terence Joseph O'Donnelly, The Academy of Elementary Music‎, page 133:Sol major has only one dièse for a signature; therefore sol ♭ major must have six bemols; six and one make seven.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Blome, Lembo, embol-, moble, Bloem

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Italian bemolle.

### Adjective

bemol
* (music) flat (lowered by one semitone)

### Noun

bemol m
* (music) flat

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bémol, from Italian bemolle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.mɔl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmɔl
* Syllabification: be‧mol

### Noun

bemol m inan
* (music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)
    Coordinate term: krzyżyk

#### Derived terms

* bemolowy
* bemol podwójny

### Further reading

* bemol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bemol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bemolle. By surface analysis, bê +‎ mole.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /beˈmɔw/ [beˈmɔʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈmɔl/ [bɨˈmɔɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈmɔl/ [bɨˈmɔɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈmɔ.li/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔw, (Portugal) -ɔl
* Hyphenation: be‧mol

### Adjective

bemol m or f (plural bemóis, not comparable)
* (music, note) flat (lowered by one semitone)

### Noun

bemol m (plural bemóis)
* (music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)

### References

* ↑ “bemol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bémol or Italian bemolle.

### Noun

bemol m (plural bemoli)
* bemol

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From B (“musical letter”) + mol, from mole (“soft”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈmol/ [beˈmol]
* Rhymes: -ol
* Syllabification: be‧mol

### Adjective

bemol m or f (masculine and feminine plural bemoles)
* (music) flat
    Esta pieza está compuesta en re bemol.This piece was composed in D flat.

#### Derived terms

* abemolar

### Noun

bemol m (plural bemoles)
* (music) flat symbol
    Se te olvidó poner un par de bemoles.You forgot to add a couple of flats.

### Further reading

* “bemol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bémol.

### Noun

bemol (definite accusative bemolü, plural bemollar)
* (music) flat

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bemol”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “bemol”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı