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abat-voix

abat-voix

See also: abatvoix

English

Abat-voix

Alternative forms

Noun

abat-voix (plural abat-voix)

  1. A device for reflection of sound, as in a sounding board over a pulpit or rostrum.[1]

Translations

References

  1. 1 2 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 2

French

Etymology

abat + voix (voice).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ba.vwa/
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

abat-voix m (plural abat-voix)

  1. abatvoix