"modulation" meaning in French

See modulation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɔ.dy.la.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-modulation.wav Forms: modulations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French modulation, a learned borrowing from Latin modulātiō. By surface analysis, moduler + -ation. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|modulation}} Middle French modulation, {{lbor|fr|la|modulātiō|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Latin modulātiō, {{surface analysis|fr|moduler|-ation}} By surface analysis, moduler + -ation Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} modulation f (plural modulations)
  1. modulation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-modulation-fr-noun-DUv5uPj-
  2. (music) modulation (change in key) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-modulation-fr-noun-M5MoMMWp Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 8 14 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 10 17 4 1 14 1 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 10 15 4 5 1 2 1 1 1 7 16 5 1 15 0 15 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ation: 7 93 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: modulation de fréquence

Inflected forms

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