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Meaning of Tambourine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn

Definitions

  1. A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
  2. A tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria).
  3. A kind of Provençal dance.
  4. The music for this dance.

Equivalents

العربية الدفّ دف
Bosanski daire def tambura даире деф тамбура
Čeština tamburína
Deutsch Tamburin
Ελληνικά ντέφι
Español pandereta pandero
فارسی دف
Suomi tamburiini
Français tambour de basque tambourin tambouriné tambourine
Gaeilge tambóirín tiompán
Galego pandeiro
हिन्दी डफ
Hrvatski daire def tambura даире деф тамбура
Magyar csörgődob tambura
Հայերեն դահիրա դափ
Bahasa Indonesia tamborin
Íslenska tambúrína
Italiano tamburello
日本語 タンバリン 鈴鼓
한국어 탬버린
Kurdî daîre daîre
Nederlands tamboerijn
Polski bębenek baskijski tamburyn tamburyno
Português pandeiro
Română tamburină
Русский бубен тамбури́н
Српски daire def tambura даире деф тамбура
Tagalog panderetas
Türkçe daire tef
Tiếng Việt trống prôvăng

Examples

“Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

tambourine dove tambouriner Tambourines tambourinist tambourist Tambov

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