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A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From Spanish castañeta, diminutive form of castaña, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia, “chestnut”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin. Related to the chest in chestnut, formerly chesten.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ساجة
(sāga)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Asturian:
castañuela
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Asturian:
tarrañuela
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Catalan:
castanyola
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Catalan:
castanyeta
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Catalan:
esclafidor
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Chinese Mandarin:
響板 /响板
(xiǎngbǎn)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Czech:
kastaněty
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Dutch:
castagnet
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Dutch:
castagnetten
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Finnish:
kastanjetti
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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French:
castagnette
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Galician:
tarañola
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Galician:
tarrañola
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Galician:
castañolas
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Galician:
castañeta
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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German:
Kastagnette
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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German:
Kastagnetten
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Greek:
καστανιέτα
(kastaniéta)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Ancient Greek:
κρόταλον
(krótalon)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Ancient Greek:
κρέμβαλα
(krémbala)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Hungarian:
kasztanyetta
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Irish:
castainéid
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Italian:
castagnette
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Italian:
nacchere
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Japanese:
カスタネット
(kasutanetto)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Latin:
crotalum
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Macedonian:
кастане́ти
(kastanéti)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Māori:
tōkere
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Māori:
tokerangi
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Māori:
whakapākōkō
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Māori:
māpara
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Polish:
kastaniety
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Portuguese:
castanhola
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Romanian:
castanietă
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Russian:
кастанье́та
(kastanʹjéta)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Russian:
кастанье́ты
(kastanʹjéty)
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Scots:
clatter banes
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Spanish:
castañuela
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Swedish:
kastanjett
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Tagalog:
talakatak
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Tagalog:
kastanyetas
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Tagalog:
pakalkak
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Turkish:
kastanyet
— a single handheld percussion instrument
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Turkish:
çalpara
— a single handheld percussion instrument
