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timpan

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English

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Noun

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timpan (plural timpans)

  1. Alternative form of tympan (musical instrument).

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tympan.

Noun

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timpan n (plural timpane)

  1. eardrum

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative timpan timpanul timpane timpanele
genitive-dative timpan timpanului timpane timpanelor
vocative timpanule timpanelor

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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tìmpān m inan (Cyrillic spelling тѝмпа̄н, genitive singular timpána)

  1. (music) timpani, kettledrum
  2. (architecture, historical) tympanum (triangular area in the pediment of an ancient Greek or Roman temple)
  3. (architecture, historical) tympanum (semicircular area over an entrance of a church)