castanet

English

Spanish castañeta, diminutive form of castaña, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia, “chestnut”).

castanet (plural castanets)

(music, chiefly in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument, from of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by string.

a single handheld percussion instrument

Italian: castagnette f pl, nacchere f pl
Japanese: カスタネット (kasutanetto)
Latin: crotalum n
Maori: tōkere, tokerangi, whakapākōkō, māpara
Polish: kastaniety f pl
Portuguese: castanhola (pt) f
Romanian: castaniete (ro)
Russian: кастанье́та (ru) f (kastanʹjéta), кастанье́ты (ru) f pl (kastanʹjéty) (usually plural)
Scots: clatter banes pl
Spanish: castañuela (es) f
Swedish: kastanjett (sv) c
Tagalog: talakatak, kastanyetas, pakalkak
Turkish: kastanyet (tr)

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