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Etymology
Borrowed from French tambour and Italian tamburo.
Pronunciation
Noun
tamburo (accusative singular tamburon, plural tamburoj, accusative plural tamburojn)
- 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)
- drum
- brake drum
- (historical) a box into which anonymous complaints or denunciations were posted
- (architecture) tambour, rib
Derived terms
Related 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
- first-person singular present indicative of tamburare