castanets

castanets

Noun, pl

a musical instrument, used by Spanish dancers, consisting of curved pieces of hollow wood, held between the fingers and thumb and clicked together [Spanish castañeta, from castaña chestnut]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

castanets - a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance bones, clappers, finger cymbals percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

castanets [kæstəˈnɛts] npl → castañuelas fpl

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castanets [kæstəˈnɛts] npl → castagnettes fpl

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castanets [kæstəˈnɛts] npl → castagnette fpl

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castanets

n pl castanets [kӕstəˈnets]

two hollow pieces of ivory or hard wood struck together as a rhythm for (especially Spanish) dances. kastanjette صَنّاجات кастанети kastaněty kastagnet die Kastagnette καστανιέτες (πληθ.) castañuelas kastanjetid چهارپاره؛ قاشقک kastanjetit castagnettes קַסטַניֶטוֹת करताल kastanjete kasztanyetta kastanyet kastaníettur, fingrasmella nacchere カスタネット 캐스터네츠 kastanjetės kastaņetes kastanet castagnetten kastanjetter kastaniety castanholas cas­ta­niete кастаньеты kastanety kastanjete kastanjete kastanjetter เครื่องให้จังหวะชนิดหนึ่งเป็นไม้ 2 อันประกบกัน kastanyet, İspanyol çalparası 響板 кастаньєти لکڑی یا ہاتھی دانت سے بنا ہوا ایک ساز catanhet 响板