tambourine
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side…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.
» I play the tambourine and sing.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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.
Tamburin
бу́бенbúben, тамбури́нtamburín
бу́бонbúbon
A tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria).
A kind of Provençal dance.
The music for this dance.
- a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
Examples
9 sentencesI play the tambourine and sing.
I got stuck playing the tambourine.
I play tambourine.
ruЯ играю на тамбурине. — marafon
Tom plays the tambourine.
I gave my dad a tambourine as a gift.
ruЯ своему папе бубен подарил. — FeuDRenais
deIch schenkte meinem Papa ein Tamburin. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from ArabiFrom French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.
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Forms
plural: tambourines| Singular | tambourine |
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| Plural | tambourines |
regular