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English
Etymology
From Italian ciambella.
Pronunciation
Noun
cimbal (plural cimbals)
- (obsolete) A kind of confectionery or cake.
1867, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Guardian Angel:The genteel form of doughnut called in the native dialect cymbal […] which graced the board with its plastic forms.
- Obsolete spelling of cymbal.
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Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cymbalum
Pronunciation
Noun
cimbal m
- cymbal
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French cymbale.
Noun
cimbal n (plural cimbale)
- cymbal
Declension
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Noun
cìmbal m (Cyrillic spelling цѝмбал)
- a cymbal
Declension
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