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Word: Timbal
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from French timbale, alteration (influenced by cymbale ‘cymbal’) of obsolete tamballe, from Spanish atabal, from Arabic aṭ-ṭabl ‘the drum’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɪmb(ə)l
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a kettledrum.
Short Definition:kettledrum
Definition:
a membrane that forms part of the sound-producing organ in various insects, such as the cicada.
Short Definition:membrane that forms part of sound-producing organ in various insects
Variant Forms:
- tymbal
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