cymbal

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• /ˈsɪmbəl/
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• [ˈsɪmbɫ̩]
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From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal, cimbala and Old French cimbale, both from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon), from κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”). See also chime.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَنْج (ṣanj) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Armenian: ծնծղա (cncġa) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Assamese: তাল (tal) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Belarusian: тале́ркі (taljérki) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Bhojpuri: झांझ (jhāñjh) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Bulgarian: чинел (činel) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Burmese: ခွက်ခွင်း (hkwakhkwang:) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Catalan: platerets — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐃鈸 /铙钹 (náobó) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Chinese Mandarin: 鈸 /钹 (bó) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Chinese Mandarin: 鑔 /镲 (chǎ) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Czech: činel — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Danish: bækken — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Dutch: klankbekken — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Esperanto: cimbalo — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Estonian: taldrik — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Finnish: lautanen — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Finnish: symbaali — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• French: cymbale — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• German: Becken — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌼𐍉 (klismō) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Greek: κύμβαλο (kýmvalo) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Ancient Greek: κύμβαλον (kúmbalon) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Hindi: झाँझ (jhāñjh) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Hungarian: cintányér — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Icelandic: málmgjöll — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Icelandic: symball — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Ido: cimbalo — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Irish: ciombal — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Italian: piatto — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Japanese: シンバル (shimbaru) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Korean: 제금 (jegeum) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Korean: 바라 (bara) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Korean: 심벌즈 (simbeoljeu) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Latin: cymbalum — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Latvian: šķīvji — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Macedonian: чинели (čineli) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Macedonian: чампари (čampari) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Māori: tīwēwē — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekken — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Norwegian Bokmål: cymbal — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bekken — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Norwegian Nynorsk: cymbal — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Persian: سنج (senj) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Persian: چلپ (čalap) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Polish: talerz — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Polish: czynel — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Portuguese: prato — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Russian: таре́лки (tarélki) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Russian: таре́лка (tarélka) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Serbo-Croatian: činele — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Serbo-Croatian: цимбал — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Serbo-Croatian: цимбало — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Serbo-Croatian: тас — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Serbo-Croatian: cimbal — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Serbo-Croatian: cimbalo — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Serbo-Croatian: tas — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Slovene: činela — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Spanish: plato — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Spanish: platos — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Spanish: platillo — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Spanish: platillos — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Spanish: címbalo — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Spanish: címbalos — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Spanish: cimbales — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Swedish: cymbal — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Swedish: bäcken — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Tagalog: pompiyang — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Thai: ฉาบ (chàap) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Turkish: halile — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Ottoman Turkish: زل (zil) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎕𐎍𐎚𐎎 (mṣltm) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Ukrainian: тарілки́ (tarilký) — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
• Vietnamese: chũm choẹ — concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck