timpani

English

Alternative forms

• tympani

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian timpani, plural of timpano (“drum”), from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, I hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪmpəni/
• Hyphenation: tim‧pa‧ni

Noun

timpani (usually uncountable, plural timpanis)

1. (music) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.

   Synonyms: kettledrums, naker, temple drums, timps

Derived terms

• timpanist

Translations

kettledrums

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定音鼓 (zh) (dìngyīngǔ)

• Czech: tympány m pl
• Dutch: pauk (nl)
• Esperanto: timbalo
• Finnish: patarummut (fi)
• French: timbales (fr)
• German: Pauke (de) f, Kesselpauken f pl
• Hungarian: üstdob (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: tiompán m
• Italian: timpani (it) pl
• Japanese: ティンパニ (ja) (tinpani)
• Polish: kotły m
• Portuguese: tímpanos m pl
• Russian: лита́вры (ru) f pl (litávry)
• Slovene: pavke f pl
• Spanish: tímpano (es) m, tímpanos (es) m pl
• Tajik: нақора (naqora)
• Vietnamese: trống định âm

Anagrams

• impaint

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Italian

Noun

timpani m

1. plural of timpano

Anagrams

• impinta, tampini