Phrase guide

jingle bell

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩ bɛl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l ˌbɛl/

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noun

Meaning 1

A small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper, which is attached to a horse's harness as a signal, or (music) used as a musical instrument.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cascabel, sleigh bell

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From jingle (“sound of metal, etc., clattering against itself”, attributively) + bell.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جرس زلق — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Aragonese: cascavillo — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Aymara: suxu suxu — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Azerbaijani: qumrov — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Azerbaijani: zəng — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Azerbaijani: zınqırov — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Basque: kaskabilo — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Belarusian: шархуны (šarxuny) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Catalan: cascavell — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Catalan: picarol — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬鈴 /马铃 (mǎlíng) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Chuvash: xӑнкӑрма (xănk̬ărma) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Czech: rolnička — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Danish: bjælde — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Dutch: schelringen — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Esperanto: tintilo — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Estonian: kuljus — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Finnish: kulkunen — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Finnish: tiuku — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • French: grelot — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Galician: axóuxere — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Galician: cascabel — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • German: Glöckchen — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • German: Schelle — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Hebrew: פעמוני מזחלת — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Hungarian: száncsengő — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Icelandic: bjalla — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Indonesian: gongseng — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Irish: clingchlog — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Japanese: スレイベル (surei beru) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Japanese: 鈴 (suzu) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Korean: 방울 (bang'ul) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Macedonian: прапорец (praporec) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Maltese: ġolġol — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Navajo: yooʼ diitsʼaʼí — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dombjelle — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Persian: زنگ دستی — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Polish: bubieniec — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Portuguese: guizo — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Quechua: chanrara — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Russian: бубенец (bubenec) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Spanish: cascabel — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Spanish: cascabillo — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Swedish: bjällra — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Tagalog: baimbi — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Ukrainian: бубоне́ць (bubonécʹ) — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper
  • Welsh: cloch dincial — small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper