tympano

See also: tympano-

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Italian timpano. See tympanum.

Noun

tympano (plural tympani)

  1. (music) A kettledrum.

Usage notes
  • Mainly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tympano in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

tympanō

  1. dative singular of tympanum
  2. ablative singular of tympanum
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