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Etymology

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From Latin tintinnābulum (a small monastic bell).

Noun

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tintinnabulum (plural tintinnabula)

  1. A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks.
  2. A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From tintinn(ā) (to ring; to tinkle) +‎ -bulum (suffix forming instruments).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tintinnābulum n (genitive tintinnābulī); second declension

  1. a bell, specifically a tintinnabulum.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

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Descendants

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  • English: tintinnabulum
  • Portuguese: tintinábulo
  • French: tintinnabuler

References

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  • tintinnabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tintinnabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tintinnabulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tintinnabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tintinnabulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tintinnabulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin