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Meaning of "curtal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CURTAL

From Old French courtault animal whose tail has been docked, from court short, from Latin curtus.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CURTAL

curtal  [ˈkɜːtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CURTAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Curtal can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CURTAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

curtal

Dulcian

The dulcian is a Renaissance woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore. Equivalent terms include "curtal" in English, "dulzian" in German, "bajón" in Spanish, "douçaine"' in French, "dulciaan" in Dutch, and "dulciana" in Italian. The predecessor of the modern bassoon, it flourished between 1550 and 1700, but was probably invented earlier. Towards the end of this period it co-existed with, and was then superseded by the baroque bassoon, although it continued to be used in Spain until early in the twentieth century. It was played in both secular and sacred contexts, throughout northern and western Europe, as well as in the New World.

Definition of curtal in the English dictionary

The first definition of curtal in the dictionary is cut short. Other definition of curtal is wearing a short frock. Curtal is also an animal whose tail has been docked.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CURTAL


beetle
ˈbiːtəl
betel
ˈbiːtəl
brutal
ˈbruːtəl
chital
ˈtʃiːtəl
diacetyl
ˌdaɪəˈsiːtəl
fetal
ˈfiːtəl
foetal
ˈfiːtəl
hurtle
ˈhɜːtəl
immortal
ɪˈmɔːtəl
intersertal
ˌɪntəˈsɜːtəl
kirtle
ˈkɜːtəl
mortal
ˈmɔːtəl
myrtle
ˈmɜːtəl
Nahuatl
ˈnɑːwɑːtəl
portal
ˈpɔːtəl
snirtle
ˈsnɜːtəl
spurtle
ˈspɜːtəl
turtle
ˈtɜːtəl
whortle
ˈhwɜːtəl
wortle
ˈwɜːtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CURTAL

curtain call
curtain hook
curtain lecture
curtain pole
curtain rail
curtain raiser
curtain ring
curtain rod
curtain speech
curtain wall
curtain-raiser
curtain-twitcher
curtain-up
curtained
curtainless
curtains
curtal axe
curtana
curtate
curtation

WORDS THAT END LIKE CURTAL

amortal
aortal
artal
hartal
Neandertal
nonmortal
portal-to-portal
prepubertal
pubertal
sortal
transportal
unimmortal
Wuppertal

Synonyms and antonyms of curtal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «curtal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CURTAL

Find out the translation of curtal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of curtal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «curtal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

curtal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

curtal
570 millions of speakers

English

curtal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

curtal
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

curtal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

curtal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

curtal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

curtal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Curtal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Curtal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

curtal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カータル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

curtal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Curtal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

curtal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

curtal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्नल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

curtal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

curtal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

curtal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

curtal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curtal
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

curtal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

curtal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

curtal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

curtal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of curtal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CURTAL»

The term «curtal» is normally little used and occupies the 149.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CURTAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about curtal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURTAL»

Discover the use of curtal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to curtal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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CURTAL SONNETS
CURTAL SONNETS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The curtal sonnet is a form invented by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and used in three of his poems. It is an eleven-line (or, more accurately, ten-and-a-half-line) sonnet, but rather than ...
Jean Elizabeth Ward, Ed.
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Woodwind Instruments and Their History
During the sixteenth century it came to be employed in various cylindrical-bore consort instruments that will be described later (sordone, racket, etc.). In the curtal , which first appears in written records about 1540, the bore that is doubled back,  ...
Anthony Baines, 1967
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
CURTAL. The same as curtail, a little altered in form, but more usually applied to a horse. A curtal is a docked horse, but not necessarily a small one, as some have asserted. I'd give bay curtal, and bia furniture. My mouth no more were broken ...
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, 1859
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A glossary; or collection of words, phrases, names and ...
CURTAL. The same as curtail, a little altered in form, but more usually applied to a horse. A curtal is a docked horse, but not necessarily a small one, as some have asserted. I'd give bay curtal, and his furniture, My mouth no more were broken ...
Robert Nares, 1859
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A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music
Curtal is the sixteenth-century English name for the instrument which the Germans knew as the Dulzian and which has therefore been commonly known as the Dulcian, without any historical foundation whatever. Other sixteenth- century names ...
Jeffery T. Kite-Powell, 2007
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
21 One of his best arrows under his belt To the frier he let flye ; The curtal frier, with his steel buckler, He put that arrow by. 22 ' Shoot on, shoot on, thou fine fellow, Shoot on as thou hast begun ; If thou shoot here a summers day, Thy mark I will ...
Francis James Child, 2013
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A Glossary; Or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names and ...
CURTAL. The same as curtail, a little CURTLE-AX. See Cocrsms. altered in form, but more usually applied to a horse. A curtal is a docked horse, but not necessarilya small one, as some have asserted. I'd give bay curtal, and his furniture, My ...
Robert Nares, James-Orchard Halliwell, Thomas II Wright, 1859
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The Penny Magazine
Joy on that heart, said Robin Hood, Shot such a shot for me, I'll ride my horse a hundred miles To find a match for thee." There was perhaps some envy in the laugh which Will Scarlett raised at this. " I know," said he, " a curtal Friar in Fountain's ...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Joy on that heart, said Robin Hood, Shot such a shot for me, I'll ride my horse a hundred miles To find a match for thee." There was perhaps some envy in the laugh which Will Scarlett raised at this. " I know," said he, " a curtal Friar in Fountain's ...
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The Playfulness of Gerard Manley Hopkins
“Pied Beauty,” as noted, is an experiment with the curtal sonnet form. For contest, Hopkins competes with Milton on rhythm“ and rhyme, with earlier sonneteers on structure, and with Welsh poets on cynghanedd.68 And his detailed descriptions  ...
Fr Joseph J Feeney, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURTAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term curtal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Japan to Resume Antarctic Whaling Over Concerns of …
Morishita called moves to curtal Japanese whaling "environmental imperialism," according to The Japan Times. "If you keep on like this, I worry ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»
2
Planning Department Weekly List
... and Mrs Young, The Curtal, Private Road, Rodborough Common, minor revisions to existing approval ref: 15/0400/LBC, internal and external ... «Stroud News and Journal, Jun 15»
3
Musical hot-pot at Aylsham Church
Come and hear recorders, hurdy-gurdy, guitar, ukulele, whistles, crumhorn, medieval bagpipes, curtal, saxophone, chalumeau, shawn, ... «Network Norwich, Jun 15»
4
Final curtain for Ripon Rowel Players
... as well as a masque-type entertainment Robin Hood and ye Curtal Friar in Fountains Abbey when our audience included the Queen Mother. «Ripon Today, May 15»
5
Australian Chamber Choir: Music from the Basilica of San Marco …
MSO principal player, Brock Imison will join Simon Rickard to play alto and bass curtal respectively whilst Matthew Manchester gives the ... «Limelight Magazine, May 14»
6
Chanter's Jigge revisit Old Buckenham
Malcolm plays the bagpipes, small pipes in D, the recorder, curtal, saxophones, whistles, rauschpfeife, crumhorn, chalumeau and he also sings ... «OLD BUCKENHAM BLOG, May 14»
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Sigiswald Kuijken / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Queen …
There were whole species of instruments to discover, with wonderful names like curtal and theorbo. That delighted sense of exploration has ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
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Setting out on 'Nine Daies' of wonder
... of percussion, and Ian Harrison by a whole menagerie of wood-wind, including the delightfully soft-voiced Renaissance bassoon, or curtal. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
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Cal Bach Society's Testament to Monteverdi
... such as cornetts, sackbuts (early trombones), and a curtal (early bassoon). Fortunately, the Bay Area is home to one of the country's leading ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Oct 13»
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Now make we joye – Renaissance Christmas music wreathed with …
... violone, shawm, sopranino Schnitzer schreierpfeiffen, krummhorns, doucaine, cornamusen, Praetorius schreierpfeife, curtal, spinettino, and, ... «Oregon Music News, Dec 12»

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