English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Spanish castañeta , diminutive form of castaña , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin castanea , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Ancient Greek καστάνεια ( kastáneia , “ chestnut ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Noun
castanet (plural castanets )
( music , chiefly in the plural ) A single handheld percussion instrument , from of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by string.
Derived terms
Translations
a single handheld percussion instrument
Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: ساجة m ( sāga )
Asturian: castañuela f
Catalan: castanyoles (ca) f pl , castanyetes (ca) f , esclafidors (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 響板 / 响板 (zh) ( xiǎngbǎn ) , 响板 (zh) ( xiǎngbǎn )
Czech: kastaněty (cs) f pl
Dutch: castagnet , castagnetten (nl) pl
Finnish: kastanjetit (fi) pl
French: castagnette (fr) f
Galician: castañolas (gl) f pl
German: Kastagnette f , Kastagnetten f pl ( usually plural )
Greek: καστανιέτα (el) f ( kastaniéta )
Ancient: κρόταλον n ( krótalon ) , κρέμβαλα n pl ( krémbala )
Hungarian: kasztanyetta (hu)
Irish: castainéid m pl
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Italian: castagnette f pl , nacchere f pl
Japanese: カスタネット ( kasutanetto )
Latin: crotalum n
Maori: tōkere , tokerangi , whakapākōkō , māpara
Polish: kastaniety f pl
Portuguese: castanhola (pt) f
Romanian: castaniete (ro)
Russian: кастанье́та (ru) f ( kastanʹjéta ) , кастанье́ты (ru) f pl ( kastanʹjéty ) ( usually plural )
Scots: clatter banes pl
Spanish: castañuela (es) f
Swedish: kastanjett (sv) c
Tagalog: talakatak , kastanyetas , pakalkak
Turkish: kastanyet (tr)
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