cymbal

cymbal

See also: cymbał

English

Etymology

From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal, cimbala and Old French cimbale, both from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon), from κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”). See also chime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmbəl/, [ˈsɪmbɫ̩]

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• Rhymes: -ɪmbəl
• Homophone: symbol

Noun

A cymbal on a stand.

cymbal (plural cymbals)

1. (music) A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]:

     The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries and fifes,
     Tabours and cymbals and the shouting Romans,
     Make the sun dance.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Corinthians 13::

     Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, OCLC 228724395, Act I, page 5:

     Trumpets and Drums shall fright her from the Throne,
     As sounding Cymbals aid the lab'ring Moon.

   • 1881–82, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, "The Mystic Trumpeter":

     I see the Crusaders' tumultuous armies—hark, how the cymbals clang ...

Hyponyms

• china

Derived terms

• crash cymbal
• cymbalist
• ride cymbal
• sock cymbal
• splash cymbal
• suspended cymbal

 

Translations

concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck

Arabic: صَنْج‎ m (ṣanj) Armenian: ծնծղա (cncła) Assamese: তাল (tal) Belarusian: тале́ркі f pl (taljérki) Bulgarian: чинел (bg) m (činel) Burmese: ခွက်ခွင်း (my) (hkwakhkwang:) (obsolete) Catalan: platerets (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 鐃鈸／铙钹 (zh) (náobó), 鈸／钹 (zh) (bó), 鑔／镲 (zh) (chǎ) Czech: činel m Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: klankbekken n Finnish: lautanen (fi), symbaali (fi) French: cymbale (fr) f German: Becken (de) n Gothic: 𐌺𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌼𐍉 f (klismō) Greek: κύμβαλο (el) n (kýmvalo) Ancient: κύμβαλον n (kúmbalon) Hindi: झांझ m (jhāñjh) Hungarian: cintányér (hu) Ido: cimbalo (io) Irish: ciombal m Italian: piatto (it) m Japanese: シンバル (ja) (shimbaru) Korean: 제금 (jegeum), 바라 (bara), 심벌즈 (ko) (simbeoljeu) Latin: cymbalum n Latvian: šķīvji m pl Maori: tīwēwē Norwegian: Bokmål: bekken (no) n, cymbal m Nynorsk: bekken n, cymbal m Ottoman Turkish: زل‎ (zil) Persian: سنج‎ (fa) (senj), چلپ‎ (fa) (čalap) Polish: talerz (pl) m, czynel (pl) m Portuguese: prato (pt) m Russian: таре́лки (ru) f pl (tarélki), таре́лка (ru) f (tarélka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: цимбал m, цимбало, тас n Roman: cimbal (sh) m, cimbalo, tas (sh) n Slovene: činela f Spanish: plato (es) m sg, platos (es) m pl, platillo m sg, platillos (es) m pl, címbalo (es) m sg, címbalos (es) m pl, cimbales m pl Swedish: bäcken (sv) n, cymbal (sv) c Tagalog: pompiyang Thai: ฉาบ (th) (chàap) Turkish: halile (tr) Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎍𐎚𐎎 (mṣltm) Ukrainian: тарілки́ (uk) f pl (tarilký) Vietnamese: chũm choẹ (vi)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʏmˈbɑːl/

Noun

cymbal m (definite singular cymbalen, indefinite plural cymbalar, definite plural cymbalane)

1. alternative spelling of symbal

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Swedish

Noun

cymbal c

1. cymbal
2. dulcimer

Declension

Declension of cymbal
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cymbal	cymbalen	cymbaler	cymbalerna
Genitive	cymbals	cymbalens	cymbalers	cymbalernas