cowbell

English

a typical cowbell (sense 1)

a percussionist's cowbell (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• cow bell

Etymology

From cow +‎ bell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊˌbɛl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aʊbɛl

Noun

cowbell (countable and uncountable, plural cowbells)

2. A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap.
4. (music) A musical instrument, typically found without a clapper.

   This song would sound better with the addition of a cowbell.

   It's good, but it really needs more cowbell.

5. Misconstruction of bell cow
   • 2018 December 17, Jeff McLane, “Eagles-Rams: What we learned from the surprising victory”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

     The Eagles don't have a cow-bell running back, like Gurley, but they have enough by-committee.

Derived terms

• cowbellist

Translations

bell worn by cows

• Catalan: esquella (ca) f, picarol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛頸鈴／牛颈铃 (niújǐnglíng)

• Dutch: koeienbel f, koebel (nl) f
• Esperanto: bovtintilo
• Finnish: lehmänkello (fi)
• French: clarine (fr), sonnaille (fr) f
• Galician: choca (gl) f, chocallo (gl) m
• German: Kuhglocke (de) f, Kuhschelle (de) f

  Alemannic German: Trinklere f

• Hungarian: kolomp (hu)
• Icelandic: kúabjalla f
• Irish: clog eallaigh m
• Macedonian: клопота́рец m (klopotárec), прапорец m (praporec)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kubjelle (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: kubjølle f

• Portuguese: cincerro (pt) m, chocalho (pt) m
• Romanian: talangă (ro) f
• Russian: коро́вий колоко́льчик m (koróvij kolokólʹčik)
• Slovene: kravji zvonec m
• Spanish: cencerro (es) m, campano m, esquila (es) f, zumba (es) f
• Swedish: koskälla (sv) c, kobjällra c

musical instrument

• Catalan: esquellot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛鈴／牛铃 (niúlíng)

• Danish: koklokke (da) c
• Dutch: koebel (nl) f
• Esperanto: bovtintilo
• Finnish: lehmänkello (fi)
• French: sonnaille (fr) f
• German: Kuhglocke (de) f, Kuhschelle (de)
• Hebrew: קאמפאנה
• Icelandic: kúabjalla f
• Irish: clog eallaigh m
• Italian: campanaccio (it) m
• Japanese: カウベル (kauberu)
• Korean: 카우벨 (kaubel)
• Macedonian: клопота́рец m (klopotárec), прапорец m (praporec)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kubjelle (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: kubjølle f

• Polish: krowi dzwonek m
• Portuguese: caneca (pt) f, cowbell m
• Russian: колоко́лец (ru) m (kolokólec), сенсе́рро n (sensérro)
• Slovene: kravji zvonec m
• Spanish: cencerro (es) m
• Swedish: koskälla (sv) c, kobjällra c
• Turkish: inek çanı
• Ukrainian: тронка f (tronka)

See also

• cowbell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bell cow

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowbell.

Noun

cowbell m (plural cowbells)

1. (music) cowbell (a percussion instrument)

   Synonym: caneca