tamburo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French tambour and Italian tamburo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tamˈburo]
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: tam‧bu‧ro

Noun

tamburo (accusative singular tamburon, plural tamburoj, accusative plural tamburojn)

1. drum

Derived terms

• tamburistino
• tamburisto

 

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamˈbu.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: tam‧bù‧ro

Etymology 1

From Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

Noun

tamburo m (plural tamburi)

1. drum
2. brake drum
3. (historical) a box into which anonymous complaints or denunciations were posted
4. (architecture) tambour, rib

Derived terms

• intamburare
• tamburaio
• tamburare
• tambureggiare
• tamburello
• tamburino

 

Related terms

• tamburagione
• tamburagione
• tamburata
• tambureggiamento
• tambureggiante
• tamburellare

 

Further reading

• tamburo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tamburo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tamburare