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Meaning of Tintinnabulation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən

Definitions

  1. A tinklingsound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
  2. The ringing of bells.

Equivalents

العربية الرّنين
Español tañido tintineo
Français tintinnabulement
Latina tinnitus

Examples

“Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust.”
“Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells — From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.”

CEFR level

C2
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