timbal

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: timbale

Noun

timbal (plural timbals)

1. (music) A kettledrum.

Anagrams

• limbat

Catalan

Etymology

Alteration of tabal under the influence of címbal or tambor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [timˈbal]

Noun

timbal m (plural timbals)

1. drum

   Synonym: tambor

Derived terms

• timbala
• timbalejar
• timbaler

Related terms

• tabal

Further reading

• “timbal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪmbal/
• Rhymes: -bal, -al

Etymology 1

From Malay timbal.

Noun

timbal (plural timbal-timbal, first-person possessive timbalku, second-person possessive timbalmu, third-person possessive timbalnya)

1. balance

   Synonym: timbang

2. equilibrium

   Synonym: imbang

Derived terms

• bertimbal
• bertimbal-timbalan
• bertimbalan
• kesetimbalan
• menimbal
• menimbali
• penimbal
• setimbal
• timbalan

 

• timbal balik

 

Etymology 2

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From Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (timbel, “lead; tin”), probably from Old Javanese timah (“tin, lead”). Doublet of timah.

Noun

timbal (first-person possessive timbalku, second-person possessive timbalmu, third-person possessive timbalnya)

1. lead (chemical element)

Alternative forms

• timbel (nonstandard)

Synonyms

• plumbum
• timah hitam

Further reading

• “timbal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

timbal

1. Romanization of ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦭ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Noun

timbal

1. one after or over the other, -fold

Derived terms

• animbali
• atimbalan
• tinimbal

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦭ꧀ (timbal)

Further reading

• "timbal" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /timˈbal/ [t̪ĩmˈbal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tim‧bal

Noun

timbal m (plural timbales)

1. kettledrum
2. meatpie

Further reading

• “timbal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014