| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Becarre, Bemol | Literature | 1: Sauter de bécarre en bémol (French), to jump from one subject to another without regard to pertinence; "Sauter du coq à l'ane," from Genesis to Revelation. Literally, to jump from sharps to flats. Becarre is the Latin B quadratum or B quarré. In old musical notation B sharp was expressed by a square B, and B flat by a round B. 2: Bémol is B mollis, soft (flat). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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