tympanon

English

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Noun

tympanon (plural tympanons or tympana)

1. A hammered dulcimer.
2. (architecture) Alternative form of tympanum.

Danish

Noun

tympanon n (singular definite tympanonet, plural indefinite tympanoner)

1. tympanum

References

• “tympanon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tympanon n (definite singular tympanonet, indefinite plural tympaner or tympana, definite plural tympanene or tympanaene)

1. tympanum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tympanon n (definite singular tympanonet, indefinite plural tympanon, definite plural tympanona)

1. tympanum

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τῠ́μπᾰνον (tŭ́mpănon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɘmˈpa.nɔn/

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• Rhymes: -anɔn
• Syllabification: tym‧pa‧non

Noun

tympanon m inan

1. (architecture) tympanum

Declension

Declension of tympanon

	singular	plural
nominative	tympanon	tympanony
genitive	tympanonu	tympanonów
dative	tympanonowi	tympanonom
accusative	tympanon	tympanony
instrumental	tympanonem	tympanonami
locative	tympanonie	tympanonach
vocative	tympanonie	tympanony

Further reading

• “tympanon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• “tympanon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Swedish

Noun

tympanon n

1. eardrum
2. (architecture) tympanum