tamboer

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch tamboer, from Middle Dutch tamboere (“drum”), from Old French tambour.

Noun

tamboer (plural tamboers)

1. drum

Etymology 2

From Dutch tamboeren, from Middle Dutch tamboeren.

Verb

tamboer (present tamboer, present participle tamboerende, past participle getamboer)

1. (intransitive) to pound, to drum

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tamboere (“drum”), from Old French tambour. The sense “military-style drummer” came from Middle French tambour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑmˈbuːr/

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• Hyphenation: tam‧boer
• Rhymes: -uːr

Noun

tamboer m (plural tamboers, diminutive tamboertje n)

1. marching drum
2. military-style drummer

Derived terms

• tamboeren
• tamboer-maître

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tamboer
• Negerhollands: tamboer
• → Indonesian: tambur