tambour
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), perhaps influenced by Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”). Compare Armenian տաւիղ (tawił), and tabla.
Noun
tambour (countable and uncountable, plural tambours)
- (music) A small shallow drum.
- A circular frame for embroidery.
- 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.i:
- Recollect Lady Teazle when I saw you first—sitting at your tambour in a pretty figured linen gown—
- 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.i:
- A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery.
- Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.
- (architecture) The capital of a Corinthian column.
- (architecture) Synonym of drum (“cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column”)
- (military) A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
- (biology) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
- (sports) In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall.
- 2019, Simon Horobin, Bagels, Bumf, and Buses (page 150)
- One hazard is the tambour, a buttress which juts out and causes the ball to bounce unpredictably.
- 2019, Simon Horobin, Bagels, Bumf, and Buses (page 150)
- A rolling top or front (as of a rolltop desk) of narrow strips of wood glued on canvas.
Translations
drum — see drum
circular frame for embroidery
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the capital of a Corinthian column
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real tennis court feature
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Verb
tambour (third-person singular simple present tambours, present participle tambouring, simple past and past participle tamboured)
- (transitive, intransitive) To embroider on a tambour (circular frame).
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “tambour”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
French
Etymology
From Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”), related to Armenian տաւիղ (tawił), English tabla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑ̃.buʁ/
audio (file)
Noun
tambour m (plural tambours)
- drum (instrument)
- 2015 July 31, “En Ethiopie, Arthur Rimbaud, inconnu de Harar”, in Le Monde:
- Le responsable fait allusion aux rituels zikri où les croyants prononcent continuellement le nom Allah en battant du tambour dans un des 180 sanctuaires et mosquées de la cité près desquels flotte parfois une agréable odeur encens.
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- tambour (sports / real tennis)
Derived terms
- tambour battant
Descendants
- → Dutch: tamboer
- Afrikaans: tamboer
- Negerhollands: tamboer
- → Indonesian: tambur
- → Romanian: tambur
- → Swedish: tambur
- → Turkish: tambur
See also
- batterie f
Further reading
- “tambour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French tambour.
Noun
tambour
- drum
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).
Noun
tambour m (plural tambours)
- (Jersey) drum
Derived terms
- tambour-mâjeur (“drum major”)
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French tambour.
Noun
tambour
- drum
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français