pardessus

== English == === Etymology === From French pardessus de viole. === Noun === pardessus (plural pardessus) (music) A pardessus de viole; a bowed stringed instrument with a fretted neck and five or six strings, the highest pitched member of the viol family. ==== See also ==== Appendix:Glossary of chordophones === Anagrams === surpassed == French == === Etymology === From par-dessus (“over the top of”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /paʁ.də.sy/ === Noun === pardessus m (invariable) overcoat (garment) ==== Descendants ==== → Ottoman Turkish: پاردسو (pardösü)Turkish: pardösü → Persian: پاردسو (pârdesu) → Romanian: pardesiu → Vietnamese: ba-đờ-xuy === Further reading === “pardessus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012