tambur

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English

Noun

tambur (plural tamburs)

  1. Alternative form of tambour (“type of drum”)

Hausa

Etymology

From French timbre.

Pronunciation

Noun

tambùr̃ m

  1. (Niger) postage stamp
    Synonyms: kan-sarki, (Nigeria) sitampi

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch tamboer, from French tambour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tambur (plural tambur-tambur, first-person possessive tamburku, second-person possessive tamburmu, third-person possessive tamburnya)

  1. (music) tambour: A small shallow drum.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tambour.

Noun

tambur n (plural tambure)

  1. tambour, drum

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tambur tamburul tambure tamburele
genitive-dative tambur tamburului tambure tamburelor
vocative tamburule tamburelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From French tambour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎmbuːr/
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bur

Noun

tàmbūr m (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбӯр)

  1. (music, expressively) drum
  2. (architecture) tambour
Declension
Declension of tambur
singular plural
nominative tàmbūr tamburi
genitive tambúra tambura
dative tamburu tamburima
accusative tambur tambure
vocative tambure tamburi
locative tamburu tamburima
instrumental tamburom tamburima

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎmbuːr/
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bur

Noun

tàmbūr m (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбӯр)

  1. Alternative form of tànbūr
Declension
Declension of tambur
singular plural
nominative tàmbūr tamburi
genitive tambúra tambura
dative tamburu tamburima
accusative tambur tambure
vocative tambure tamburi
locative tamburu tamburima
instrumental tamburom tamburima

References

  • “tambur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “tambur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from French tambour.

Pronunciation

Noun

tambur ?

  1. (architecture) tholobate
  2. (architecture) the wind protection made up of screens and doors just inside an entrance, especially in larger halls or churches
  3. (architecture, slightly archaic) entryway; a heated room just inside the entrance of a home to hang up outerwear
    Synonyms: hall, kapprum
    Coordinate terms: förstuga, farstu, vestibul
  4. (architecture) the construction surrounding a spiral staircase
  5. (military, defense) small non-covered defense barrier for fortress entrances and bridges or as a flanking device
  6. (naval) small extension of warship for lighter cannon or floodlight
  7. (stitching) tambour
  8. (stitching) embroidery similar to chain stitch
    Synonym: tambursöm
  9. (real tennis) tambour

Declension

Declension of tambur
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tambur tamburs
definite tamburen tamburens
plural indefinite tamburer tamburers
definite tamburerna tamburernas

Derived terms

Further reading

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