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Webster 1913 Edition


Timbre

Tim′bre

,
Noun.
See 1st
Timber
.

Tim′bre

,
Noun.
[F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf.
Timbrel
.]
1.
(Her.)
The crest on a coat of arms.
2.
(Mus.)
The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint;
as, the
timbre
of the voice; the
timbre
of a violin.
See
Tone
, and
Partial tones
, under
Partial
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Timbre

TIM'BRE

,
Noun.
A crest on a coat of arms. It ought to be written timber.

Definition 2024


timbré

timbré

See also: timbre, Timbre, and tîmbre

French

Verb

timbré m (feminine singular timbrée, masculine plural timbrés, feminine plural timbrées)

  1. past participle of timbrer

Adjective

timbré m (feminine singular timbrée, masculine plural timbrés, feminine plural timbrées)

  1. stamped
  2. loony, barmy, nuts

Spanish

Verb

timbré

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of timbrar.