tamburello

See also: Tamburello and tamburellò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tamburello (“tambourine”).

Noun

tamburello (uncountable)

1. Any of several Italian ball games resembling squash or tennis, the players striking the ball with a tambourine-like implement.
   • 2013, Gerald R. Gems, Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity, page 2:

     Exhibition tamburello matches were then arranged with British and local American athletes as charity fund-raisers […]

Italian

Etymology 1

From tamburo +‎ -ello.

Noun

tamburello m (plural tamburelli)

1. (music) tambourine

Derived terms

• tamburellare
• tamburellista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tamburello

1. first-person singular present indicative of tamburellare