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timpani

timpani

English

Alternative forms

tympani

Noun

timpani ‎(usually uncountable, plural timpanis)

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

Derived terms

timpanist

Synonyms

kettledrums, temple drums, timps

Translations

kettledrums

Chinese:
Mandarin: 定音鼓 (zh) ‎(dìngyīngǔ)
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
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

Italian

Noun

timpani m

plural of timpano

Anagrams

impinta, tampini