tam·bou·rine (t m b -r n )n. 1. A percussion instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks fitted into the rim, usually played by shaking and striking with the hand. 2. A similar instrument without a drumhead. [French tambourin, small drum, from Old French; see tambourin.] |
tambourine [ˌtæmbəˈriːn]
n
(Music / Instruments) Music a percussion instrument consisting of a single drumhead of skin stretched over a circular wooden frame hung with pairs of metal discs that jingle when it is struck or shaken
[from Middle Flemish tamborijn a little drum, from Old French: tambourin]
tambourinist n
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| Noun | 1. |  tambourine - a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sidesdrum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end |
Translations
tambourine
n → Tamburin nt
n tambourine [tӕmbəˈriːn]
a shallow, one-sided drum with tinkling metal discs in the rim, held in the hand and shaken or beaten. tamboeryn دُف، رِق дайре tamburína tamburin das Tambourin ντέφι pandereta tamburiin تنبک tamburiini tambour de basque טַנבּוּר डफली dugoljast bubanj tamburin, baszk dob, csörgődob tamburin tambúrína tamburello タンバリン 탬버린 tamburinas tamburīns tamburin tamboerijn tamburin tamburyn pandeireta tamburină тамбурин tamburína tamburin tamburina tamburin กลองมือกลมที่ติดลูกกระพรวน tef 鈴鼓，小手鼓 тамбурин طنبورہ trống lục lạc 铃鼓，小手鼓
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