drum

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• /ˈdɹʌm/
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* As an Irish surname, from Droma, a personal name from druim (“ridge”) * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from druim (“ridge”) * As a German surname, from Middle High German trum and Middle Low German drum (“woodblock”), both probably from Proto-Germanic *trumaz.

Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag). Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).

From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”).

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353 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: адаул (adawl) — musical instrument
• Afrikaans: drom — musical instrument
• Albanian: lodër — musical instrument
• Albanian: tambur — musical instrument
• Southern Altai: барабан (baraban) — musical instrument
• Ama: ono — musical instrument
• Northern Amami Ōshima: 鼓 (tsïzïn) — musical instrument
• Southern Amami Ōshima: 鼓 (θidim) — musical instrument
• Amharic: ከበሮ (käbäro) — musical instrument
• Western Apache: ísaaʼ adííhí — musical instrument
• Arabic: طَبْل (ṭabl) — musical instrument
• Arabic: طبل (ṭabl) — musical instrument
• Arabic: طبل (ṭbal) — musical instrument
• Arabic: بندير (bandir) — musical instrument
• Aragonese: tambor — musical instrument
• Argobba: ከበሮ (käbäro) — musical instrument
• Armenian: թմբուկ (tʻmbuk) — musical instrument
• Assamese: ঢোল (dhül) — musical instrument
• Asturian: tambor — musical instrument
• Azerbaijani: nağara — musical instrument
• Azerbaijani: baraban — musical instrument
• Bashkir: барабан (baraban) — musical instrument
• Basque: danbor — musical instrument
• Belarusian: бараба́н (barabán) — musical instrument
• Bemba: iñ-ñoma — musical instrument
• Bengali: ঢোল (ḍhōl) — musical instrument
• Breton: taboulin — musical instrument
• Bulgarian: бараба́н (barabán) — musical instrument
• Bulgarian: тъ́пан (tǎ́pan) — musical instrument
• Burmese: ပတ် (pat) — musical instrument
• Catalan: tambor — musical instrument
• Catalan: timbal — musical instrument
• Chamicuro: shiltoki — musical instrument
• Chechen: вота (vota) — musical instrument
• Cherokee: ᎠᎱᎵ (ahuli) — musical instrument
• Chichewa: ng'oma — musical instrument
• Chinese Cantonese: 鼓 (gu2) — musical instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼓 (gǔ) — musical instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 堂鼓 (tánggǔ) — musical instrument
• Chukchi: ярар (jarar) — musical instrument
• Chuvash: параппан (parappan) — musical instrument
• West Circassian: шъонтрып (šwontrəp) — musical instrument
• Ngazidja Comorian: ngoma — musical instrument
• Czech: buben — musical instrument
• Danish: tromme — musical instrument
• Dutch: drum — musical instrument
• Dutch: trom — musical instrument
• Erzya: барабан (baraban) — musical instrument
• Esperanto: tamburo — musical instrument
• Estonian: trummel — musical instrument
• Estonian: trumm — musical instrument
• Ewe: ʋu — musical instrument
• Farefare: lʋŋa — musical instrument
• Farefare: lʋŋã — musical instrument
• Finnish: rumpu — musical instrument
• French: tambour — musical instrument
• French: batterie — musical instrument
• West-Frisian: tromme — musical instrument
• Galician: tambor — musical instrument
• Galician: bombo — musical instrument
• Ge'ez: ከበሮ (käbäro) — musical instrument
• Georgian: დოლი (doli) — musical instrument
• German: Trommel — musical instrument
• Greek: τύμπανο (týmpano) — musical instrument
• Ancient Greek: τύμπανον (túmpanon) — musical instrument
• Haitian Creole: droum — musical instrument
• Hawaiian: pahu — musical instrument
• Hebrew: תוף \ תֹּף (tof) — musical instrument
• Hindi: ड्रम (ḍram) — musical instrument
• Hindi: ढोल (ḍhol) — musical instrument
• Hungarian: dob — musical instrument
• Icelandic: tromma — musical instrument
• Ido: tamburo — musical instrument
• Indonesian: drum — musical instrument
• Indonesian: gendang — musical instrument
• Ingrian: barabana — musical instrument
• Ingush: фота (fota) — musical instrument
• Irish: druma — musical instrument
• Italian: batteria — musical instrument
• Italian: tamburo — musical instrument
• Japanese: 鼓 (tsuzumi) — musical instrument
• Japanese: 太鼓 (taiko) — musical instrument
• Japanese: ドラム (doramu) — musical instrument
• Javanese: kendhang — musical instrument
• Old Javanese: kĕndang — musical instrument
• Kalmyk: кеңкрг (keñkrg) — musical instrument
• Karok: imthanuvnôor — musical instrument
• Kazakh: барабан (baraban) — musical instrument
• Khmer: ស្គរ (skɔɔ) — musical instrument
• K'iche': q'ojom, lab'al, tamb'or — musical instrument
• Korean: 북 (buk) — musical instrument
• Korean: 드럼 (deureom) — musical instrument
• Kunigami: 鼓 (chijīmi) — musical instrument
• Central Kurdish: دەوڵ (dewll) — musical instrument
• Central Kurdish: تەپڵ (tepill) — musical instrument
• Kyrgyz: добулбас (dobulbas) — musical instrument
• Kyrgyz: нагара (nagara) — musical instrument
• Lao: ກອງ (kǭng) — musical instrument
• Latgalian: bungys — musical instrument
• Latgalian: bubyns — musical instrument
• Latin: tympanum — musical instrument
• Latvian: bungas — musical instrument
• Ligurian: tambûo — musical instrument
• Lithuanian: būgnas — musical instrument
• Lombard: tambór — musical instrument
• Luhya: engoma — musical instrument
• Luo: bul — musical instrument
• Luxembourgish: Tromm — musical instrument
• Macedonian: та́пан (tápan) — musical instrument
• Macedonian: бараба́н (barabán) — musical instrument
• Malay: gendang — musical instrument
• Malayalam: ചെണ്ട (ceṇṭa) — musical instrument
• Maltese: tanbur — musical instrument
• Manchu: ᡨᡠᠩᡴᡝᠨ (tungken) — musical instrument
• Māori: pahu — musical instrument
• Māori: pahū — musical instrument
• Māori: pākiri — musical instrument
• Māori: taramu — musical instrument
• Maranao: tambor — musical instrument
• Marshallese: tūram̧ — musical instrument
• Marshallese: aje — musical instrument
• Miyako: 鼓 (tsïzïm) — musical instrument
• Mongolian: бөмбөр (bömbör) — musical instrument
• Classical Nahuatl: huēhuētl — musical instrument
• Navajo: ásaaʼ yilghaałí — musical instrument
• Northern Sotho: moropa — musical instrument
• Norwegian Bokmål: tromme — musical instrument
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tromme — musical instrument
• Odia: ଢାପ (ḍhāpa) — musical instrument
• Ojibwe: dewe'igan — musical instrument
• Okinawan: 鼓 (chijin) — musical instrument
• Okinoerabu: 鼓 (tidin) — musical instrument
• Oromo: dibbee — musical instrument
• Ossetian: барабан (baraban) — musical instrument
• Ossetian: гуымсӕг — musical instrument
• Pacoh: acưr — musical instrument
• Pannonian Rusyn: буґна (bugna) — musical instrument
• Pannonian Rusyn: бубен (buben) — musical instrument
• Pashto: تمبل (támbal) — musical instrument
• Pashto: ډمبک (ḍambák) — musical instrument
• Persian: طبل (tabl) — musical instrument
• Persian: تمبک (tombak) — musical instrument
• Persian: دهل (dohol) — musical instrument
• Persian: تبیر (tabir) — musical instrument
• Persian: تبیره (tabire) — musical instrument
• Piedmontese: tanborn — musical instrument
• Plautdietsch: Dromm — musical instrument
• Polabian: bǫbån — musical instrument
• Polish: bęben — musical instrument
• Portuguese: tambor — musical instrument
• Rohingya: dhúl — musical instrument
• Romagnol: tambùr — musical instrument
• Romani: दऊलि (daūli) — musical instrument
• Romanian: tobă — musical instrument
• Russian: бараба́н (barabán) — musical instrument
• Russian: бу́бен (búben) — musical instrument
• Sanskrit: दुन्दुभि (dundubhí) — musical instrument
• Scottish Gaelic: druma — musical instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̑бањ — musical instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: до̑бош — musical instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: bȗbanj — musical instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: dȏboš — musical instrument
• Shona: ngoma — musical instrument
• Sidamo: dibbe — musical instrument
• Sinhalese: බෙර (bera) — musical instrument
• Slovak: bubon — musical instrument
• Slovene: boben — musical instrument
• Somali: durbaan — musical instrument
• Lower Sorbian: bubon — musical instrument
• Spanish: tambor — musical instrument
• Sranan Tongo: dron — musical instrument
• Swahili: ngoma — musical instrument
• Swedish: trumma — musical instrument
• Tagalog: tambol — musical instrument
• Tahitian: pahu — musical instrument
• Tajik: нақора (naqora) — musical instrument
• Tajik: табл (tabl) — musical instrument
• Tajik: дуҳул (duhul) — musical instrument
• Tajik: барабан (baraban) — musical instrument
• Taos: múluną — musical instrument
• Tatar: думбак (dumbaq) — musical instrument
• Tatar: давыл (dawıl) — musical instrument
• Tatar: барабан (baraban) — musical instrument
• Teribe: llun — musical instrument
• Thai: กลอง (glɔɔng) — musical instrument
• Tibetan: རྔ (rnga) — musical instrument
• Tibetan: ཊ་མ་རུ (ṭa ma ru) — musical instrument
• Tocharian B: kerū — musical instrument
• Tokunoshima: 鼓 (tsïzïmi) — musical instrument
• Tumbuka: ng'oma — musical instrument
• Turkish: davul — musical instrument
• Ottoman Turkish: طبل (tabl) — musical instrument
• Turkmen: deprek — musical instrument
• Turkmen: baraban — musical instrument
• Turkmen: dep — musical instrument
• Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎔 (tp) — musical instrument
• Ukrainian: бараба́н (barabán) — musical instrument
• Unami: puhënikàn — musical instrument
• Urdu: ڈرم (ḍram) — musical instrument
• Urdu: ڈھول (ḍhol) — musical instrument
• Uyghur: دۇمباق (dumbaq) — musical instrument
• Uyghur: داپ (dap) — musical instrument
• Uyghur: بارابان (baraban) — musical instrument
• Uzbek: dovul — musical instrument
• Uzbek: doʻmbira — musical instrument
• Uzbek: baraban — musical instrument
• Vietnamese: trống — musical instrument
• Vilamovian: paojk — musical instrument
• Walloon: tabeur — musical instrument
• Welsh: drwm — musical instrument
• Wutunhua: guu — musical instrument
• Yaeyama: 鼓 (tsïzïn) — musical instrument
• Yiddish: פּויק (poyk) — musical instrument
• Yucatec Maya: tunk'ul — musical instrument
• Zulu: isigubhu — musical instrument
• Arabic: طَبْلَة (ṭabla) — hollow, cylindrical object
• Bashkir: барабан (baraban) — hollow, cylindrical object
• Catalan: tambor — hollow, cylindrical object
• Czech: buben — hollow, cylindrical object
• Danish: tromle — hollow, cylindrical object
• Danish: tønde — hollow, cylindrical object
• Ewe: ʋu — hollow, cylindrical object
• Finnish: pönttö — hollow, cylindrical object
• Finnish: rumpu — hollow, cylindrical object
• French: tambour — hollow, cylindrical object
• French: cylindre — hollow, cylindrical object
• Galician: tambor — hollow, cylindrical object
• German: Trommel — hollow, cylindrical object
• Greek: τύμπανο (týmpano) — hollow, cylindrical object
• Hungarian: dob — hollow, cylindrical object
• Hungarian: henger — hollow, cylindrical object
• Icelandic: tromla — hollow, cylindrical object
• Irish: druma — hollow, cylindrical object
• Italian: bidone — hollow, cylindrical object
• Macedonian: ва́лјак (váljak) — hollow, cylindrical object
• Macedonian: бараба́н (barabán) — hollow, cylindrical object
• Norwegian Bokmål: trommel — hollow, cylindrical object
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trommel — hollow, cylindrical object
• Polish: bęben — hollow, cylindrical object
• Portuguese: tambor — hollow, cylindrical object
• Russian: бараба́н (barabán) — hollow, cylindrical object
• Scottish Gaelic: druma — hollow, cylindrical object
• Serbo-Croatian: ва́љак — hollow, cylindrical object
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̑бањ — hollow, cylindrical object
• Serbo-Croatian: до̑бош — hollow, cylindrical object
• Serbo-Croatian: váljak — hollow, cylindrical object
• Serbo-Croatian: bȗbanj — hollow, cylindrical object
• Serbo-Croatian: dȏboš — hollow, cylindrical object
• Slovene: boben — hollow, cylindrical object
• Spanish: tambor — hollow, cylindrical object
• Spanish: cilindro — hollow, cylindrical object
• Swahili: ngoma — hollow, cylindrical object
• Walloon: tabeur — hollow, cylindrical object
• Walloon: cilinde — hollow, cylindrical object
• Armenian: տակառ (takaṙ) — barrel etc. for liquid
• Bulgarian: варел (varel) — barrel etc. for liquid
• Bulgarian: бидо́н (bidón) — barrel etc. for liquid
• Catalan: barril — barrel etc. for liquid
• Czech: barel — barrel etc. for liquid
• Danish: tønde — barrel etc. for liquid
• Dutch: vat — barrel etc. for liquid
• Finnish: tynnyri — barrel etc. for liquid
• French: tonneau — barrel etc. for liquid
• French: baril — barrel etc. for liquid
• French: bidon — barrel etc. for liquid
• German: Fass — barrel etc. for liquid
• Greek: βαρέλι (varéli) — barrel etc. for liquid
• Greenlandic: nappartaq — barrel etc. for liquid
• Hungarian: hordó — barrel etc. for liquid
• Irish: druma — barrel etc. for liquid
• Italian: bidone — barrel etc. for liquid
• Kabuverdianu: bidon — barrel etc. for liquid
• Macedonian: бу́ре (búre) — barrel etc. for liquid
• Malayalam: വീപ്പ (vīppa) — barrel etc. for liquid
• Norwegian Bokmål: fat — barrel etc. for liquid
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fat — barrel etc. for liquid
• Polish: beczka — barrel etc. for liquid
• Portuguese: barril — barrel etc. for liquid
• Russian: бо́чка (bóčka) — barrel etc. for liquid
• Scottish Gaelic: druma — barrel etc. for liquid
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̏ре — barrel etc. for liquid
• Serbo-Croatian: ба̏чва — barrel etc. for liquid
• Serbo-Croatian: bȕre — barrel etc. for liquid
• Serbo-Croatian: bȁčva — barrel etc. for liquid
• Spanish: barril — barrel etc. for liquid
• Spanish: bidón — barrel etc. for liquid
• Swahili: ngoma — barrel etc. for liquid
• Turkish: varil — barrel etc. for liquid
• Ottoman Turkish: واریل (varil) — barrel etc. for liquid
• Catalan: tambor — wall supporting a dome
• French: tambour — wall supporting a dome
• Italian: tamburo — wall supporting a dome
• Turkish: kasnak — wall supporting a dome
• Turkish: kasnak — cylindrical block forming a pillar
• Armenian: թմբկահարել (tʻmbkaharel) — to beat a drum
• Bulgarian: бия барабан (bija baraban) — to beat a drum
• Catalan: tamborinejar — to beat a drum
• Czech: bubnovat — to beat a drum
• Danish: tromme — to beat a drum
• Ewe: ƒo ʋu — to beat a drum
• Finnish: rummuttaa — to beat a drum
• German: trommeln — to beat a drum
• Greek: τυμπανίζω (tympanízo) — to beat a drum
• Hebrew: תּוֹפֵף (toféf) — to beat a drum
• Hungarian: dobol — to beat a drum
• Icelandic: tromma — to beat a drum
• Ingrian: barabaanittaa — to beat a drum
• Macedonian: у́дира на та́пан (údira na tápan) — to beat a drum
• Malay: bergendang — to beat a drum
• Malayalam: കൊട്ടുക (koṭṭuka) — to beat a drum
• Pannonian Rusyn: буґновац (bugnovac) — to beat a drum
• Pannonian Rusyn: бубновац (bubnovac) — to beat a drum
• Polish: bębnić — to beat a drum
• Portuguese: batucar — to beat a drum
• Russian: бить в бараба́н (bitʹ v barabán) — to beat a drum
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̀бњати — to beat a drum
• Serbo-Croatian: bùbnjati — to beat a drum
• Slovene: bobnati — to beat a drum
• Swahili: ngoma — to beat a drum
• Swedish: trumma — to beat a drum
• Unami: puhënike — to beat a drum
• Uzbek: do'mbra — to beat a drum
• Armenian: թմբկահարել (tʻmbkaharel) — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Bulgarian: барабаня (barabanja) — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Catalan: tamborinejar — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Danish: tromme — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Dutch: trommel — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Finnish: rummuttaa — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• German: trommeln — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Hungarian: dobol — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Icelandic: tromma — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Ingrian: barabaanittaa — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Macedonian: чу́ка (čúka) — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Portuguese: batucar — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Russian: бараба́нить (barabánitʹ) — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̏цати — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Serbo-Croatian: kȕcati — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Slovene: bobnati — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Spanish: tamborear — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Swahili: ngoma — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Uzbek: do'mbra — to beat with a rapid succession of strokes
• Bulgarian: набивам (nabivam) — to review to establish memorization
• Danish: banke — to review to establish memorization
• Finnish: takoa — to review to establish memorization
• Finnish: paukuttaa — to review to establish memorization
• German: einpauken — to review to establish memorization
• German: einbläuen — to review to establish memorization
• Hungarian: belesulykol — to review to establish memorization
• Icelandic: berja — to review to establish memorization
• Russian: вда́лбливать (vdálblivatʹ) — to review to establish memorization
• Spanish: inculcar — to review to establish memorization
• Spanish: recalcar — to review to establish memorization
• Swahili: ngoma — to review to establish memorization