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drum kit

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A collection of drums and other percussion instruments designed to be played together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drum set, drumset, trap set

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طَقْم الطُّبُول (ṭaqm aṭ-ṭubūl) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 爵士鼓 (juéshìgǔ) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 架子鼓 (jiàzigǔ) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Czech: bicí souprava — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Danish: trommesæt — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Dutch: drumstel — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Esperanto: drumo — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Finnish: rumpusarja — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Finnish: rumpusetti — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • French: batterie — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Galician: batería — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • German: Schlagzeug — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Hungarian: dobfelszerelés — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Irish: foireann drumaí — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Italian: batteria — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Japanese: ドラムセット (doramusetto) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Korean: 드럼 키트 (deureom kiteu) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Korean: 드럼 세트 (deureom seteu) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Polish: perkusja — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Portuguese: bateria — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Spanish: batería — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Swedish: trumset — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Thai: กลองชุด (glɔɔng-chút) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Turkish: bateri — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Ukrainian: бараба́нна устано́вка (barabánna ustanóvka) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together
  • Ukrainian: уда́рна устано́вка (udárna ustanóvka) — collection of drums and other percussion instruments played together