timpani

timpani

English

Alternative forms

• tympani

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian timpani, plural of timpano (“drum”), from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, I hit”).

Noun

timpani (usually uncountable, plural timpanis)

1. (plural only, music) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.

Synonyms

• kettledrums, temple drums, timps, naker

Derived terms

• timpanist

Translations

kettledrums

Chinese: Mandarin: 定音鼓 (zh) (dìngyīngǔ) Czech: tympány m pl Dutch: pauk (nl) Esperanto: timbalo Finnish: patarummut (fi) French: timbales (fr) German: Pauke (de) f, Kesselpauken f pl Hungarian: üstdob (hu)

Irish: tiompán m Italian: timpani (it) pl Japanese: ティンパニ (ja) (tinpani) Portuguese: tímpanos m pl Russian: лита́вры (ru) f pl (litávry) Slovene: pavke f pl Spanish: tímpano (es) m, tímpanos (es) m pl Tajik: нақора (naqora) Vietnamese: trống định âm

Anagrams

• impaint

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Italian

Noun

timpani m

1. plural of timpano

Anagrams

• impinta, tampini