kettledrum

See also: kettle-drum and kettle drum

English

a kettledrum

Alternative forms

• kettle drum, kettle-drum

Etymology

kettle +‎ drum

Pronunciation

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Noun

kettledrum (plural kettledrums)

1. (music) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.

   Synonym: timpanum

2. (dated) An informal social party at which a light snack is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.

Derived terms

• kettledrummer

Translations

percussion instrument

• Armenian: գոս (hy) (gos)

  Middle Armenian: գոս (gos)

• Bulgarian: тимпан m (timpan)
• Catalan: timbala (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定音鼓 (zh) (dìngyīngǔ)

• Czech: tympán (cs) m
• Danish: pauke c
• Dutch: pauk (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: timbalo
• Finnish: patarumpu (fi)
• French: timbale (fr) f
• Georgian: დაფდაფი (ka) (dapdapi), ლიტავრა (liṭavra)
• German: Kesselpauke (de) f, Pauke (de) f
• Hungarian: üstdob (hu)
• Icelandic: páka f (usually in plural form: pákur)
• Ido: timbalo (io)
• Irish: citealdruma m, tiompán m
• Italian: timpano (it)
• Kannada: ಪರ್ರಹ (parraha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pauke m

  Nynorsk: pauke m

• Ottoman Turkish: كوس (küs)
• Persian: کوس (fa) (kôs)
• Polish: kocioł (pl) m
• Portuguese: tímpano (pt) m, timbale m
• Russian: лита́вра (ru) f (litávra)
• Spanish: tímpano (es) m, tímpanos (es) m pl
• Tagalog: atabal
• Telugu: ఢంకా (te) (ḍhaṅkā)
• Volapük: timpun (vo)