timple

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish timple, from tiple, of uncertain etymology.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪmpəl

Noun

timple (plural timples)

1. A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.

Anagrams

• limpet

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimple/ [ˈt̪ĩm.ple]
• Rhymes: -imple
• Syllabification: tim‧ple

Noun

timple m (plural timples)

1. Alternative form of tiple

Derived terms

• timplista

 

Descendants

• → English: timple

Further reading

• “timple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014