Usually means: Sweet, soothing, pleasant to hear.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word dulcet:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. dulcet: Merriam-Webster
  2. dulcet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dulcet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dulcet: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dulcet: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dulcet, dulcet: Wordnik
  7. dulcet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dulcet: Wiktionary
  9. dulcet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dulcet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dulcet: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Dulcet, dulcet: Dictionary.com
  13. dulcet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Dulcet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. dulcet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. dulcet: Rhymezone
  17. Dulcet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. dulcet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. dulcet: FreeDictionary.org
  20. dulcet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. dulcet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. dulcet: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. dulcet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dulcet: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dulcet: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dulcet: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dulcet: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
adjective:  Generally pleasing; agreeable.
adjective:  (archaic) Sweet to the taste.

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