tambor
See also: tambôr
Bourguignon edit
Noun edit
tambor m (plural tambors)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تابول (ṭabbúl), hypocorism/diminutive of Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tambor m (plural tambors)
Synonyms edit
- (musical instrument): timbal
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tambor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese atambor (“Moor drum”), from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tambor m (plural tambores)
- drum (percussive musical instrument)
- Synonym: caixa
- drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
- hood (device to suck away smokes and fumes)
- cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
References edit
- “atambor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “atambor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “atanbor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “tambor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tambor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tambor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Persian طُنْبُور, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tambor m (plural tambors)
Derived terms edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); cognate to Persian طبل (“drum”), Spanish and Galician tambor.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tam‧bor
Noun edit
tambor m (plural tambores)
- (music) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument)
- drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
- (architecture) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
- (South Brazil) cockpit (an enclosure for cockfights)
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تابول (ṭabbūl), hypocorism/diminutive of Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tambor m (plural tambores)
- drum
- drum-shaped piece, part or device
- (architecture) drum (wall that supports a dome)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “tambor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014