timpani
11timpani — [16] Timpani was borrowed from Italian, where it is the plural of timpano ‘kettledrum’. This in turn went back via Latin tympanum ‘drum’ (source of English tympanum ‘ear drum’ [17]) to Greek túmpanon ‘drum’, a close relative of the verb túptein… …
12timpani — [[t]tɪ̱mpəni[/t]] N PLURAL Timpani are large drums that are played in an orchestra. Syn: kettledrum …
13timpani — n. pl. (singular no) set of kettledrums. ♦ timpanist, n. player of timpani …
14timpani — [16] Timpani was borrowed from Italian, where it is the plural of timpano ‘kettledrum’. This in turn went back via Latin tympanum ‘drum’ (source of English tympanum ‘ear drum’ [17]) to Greek túmpanon ‘drum’, a close relative of the verb túptein… …
15timpani coperti — ит. [тимпа/ни копэ/рти] timpani sordi [тимпа/ни со/рди] литавры, покрытые материей (засурдиненные) …
16timpani sordi — timpani coperti ит. [тимпа/ни копэ/рти] timpani sordi [тимпа/ни со/рди] литавры, покрытые материей (засурдиненные) …
17timpani orientali — ит. [тимпа/ни ориэнта/ли] timplipito ит., фр., нем., англ. [тимплипи/то] тимплипито (ударн. инструм.) …
18timpani — also tympani noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Italian, plural of timpano kettledrum, from Latin tympanum drum more at tympanum Date: circa 1854 a set of two or more kettledrums played by one performer in an orchestra… …
19timpani — noun The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra …
20timpani — Synonyms and related words: bongo drum, conga, drum, drumhead, drumskin, drumstick, jazz stick, kettle, kettledrum, membranophone, side drum, snare, snare drum, tabor, taboret, tabret, tam tam, tambourine, tenor drum, timbrel, tom tom, troll drum …
