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Tintinnabulation

Noun CEFR C2
ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربيةالرّنين
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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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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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