tamburo

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French tambour and Italian tamburo.

Pronunciation

Noun

tamburo (accusative singular tamburon, plural tamburoj, accusative plural tamburojn)

  1. drum

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamˈbu.ro/
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bù‧ro

Etymology 1

From Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

Noun

tamburo m (plural tamburi)

  1. drum
  2. brake drum
  3. (historical) a box into which anonymous complaints or denunciations were posted
  4. (architecture) tambour, rib
Derived terms

Further reading

  • tamburo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tamburo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tamburare