tambourine

See also: tambouriné

English

Etymology

From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/

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• Hyphenation: tam‧bour‧ine

Noun

tambourine (plural tambourines)

1. A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
2. A tambourine dove.
   • 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves (page 78)

     Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.

3. A kind of Provençal dance.
4. The music for this dance.

Derived terms

• tambourinist

Translations

percussion instrument

• Arabic: دَفّ m (daff)
• Armenian: դահիրա (hy) (dahira), դափ (hy) (dapʻ)
• Catalan: pandereta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鈴鼓／铃鼓 (zh) (línggǔ), 铃鼓 (zh) (línggǔ)

• Crimean Tatar: dare
• Czech: tamburína f
• Danish: tamburin c
• Esperanto: tamburino
• Finnish: tamburiini (fi)
• French: tambour de basque m, tambourin (fr) m
• German: Tamburin (de) n
• Greek: ντέφι (el) n (ntéfi)
• Irish: tambóirín m, tiompán m
• Italian: tamburello (it) m
• Japanese: タンバリン (ja) (tanbarin), 鈴鼓 (reiko, rinko, suzuko)
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• Korean: 템버린 (tembeorin)
• Malay: tamborin
• Maori: timipera, tatangi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tamburin m

  Nynorsk: tamburin m

• Persian: دایره زنگی (fa) (dâyere-zangi), شندف (fa) (šandaf)
• Polish: tamburyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: pandeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: tamburină (ro) f
• Russian: бу́бен (ru) m (búben), тамбури́н (ru) m (tamburín)
• Shor: тӱӱр
• Spanish: pandereta (es) f, pandero (es) m
• Tagalog: panderetas
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} trống lục lạc, ^{(please verify)} trống prôvăng
• Welsh: tambwrîn m

Anagrams

• ibutamoren

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: tambourinent, tambourines

Verb

tambourine

1. first-person singular present indicative of tambouriner
2. third-person singular present indicative of tambouriner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tambouriner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tambouriner
5. second-person singular imperative of tambouriner