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English
Pronunciation
Noun
timbal (plural timbals)
- (music) A kettledrum.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Alteration of tabal under the influence of címbal or tambor.
Pronunciation
Noun
timbal m (plural timbals)
- drum
- Synonym: tambor
Derived terms
Further reading
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay timbal.
Noun
timbal (plural timbal-timbal, first-person possessive timbalku, second-person possessive timbalmu, third-person possessive timbalnya)
- balance
- Synonym: timbang
- equilibrium
- Synonym: imbang
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (timbel, “lead; tin”), probably from Old Javanese timah (“tin, lead”). Doublet of timah.
Noun
timbal (first-person possessive timbalku, second-person possessive timbalmu, third-person possessive timbalnya)
- lead (chemical element)
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Javanese
Romanization
timbal
- Romanization of ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦭ꧀
Old Javanese
Etymology
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Noun
timbal
- one after or over the other, -fold
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "timbal" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /timˈbal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: tim‧bal
Noun
timbal m (plural timbales)
- kettledrum
- meatpie
Further reading