tintinnabulation
English
Etymology
Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
tintinnabulation (countable and uncountable, plural tintinnabulations)
- A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition edition, Duckworth, page 20:
- Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust.
- The ringing of bells.
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Related terms
Translations
tinkling sound
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