name
Meaning 1
A place name:
Tábor (a city in the Czech Republic).
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Standard Lemma guide
tabor
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Pronunciation
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/ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET: T EY1 B ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A place name:
A city in Slovenia.
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name
Meaning 3
A place name:
A village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.
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name
Meaning 4
A place name:
A locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians, Victoria, Australia, named after Tábor in Bohemia.
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name
Meaning 5
A place name:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois.
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name
Meaning 6
A place name:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Fremont County and Mills County, Iowa.
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name
Meaning 7
A place name:
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Polk County, Minnesota, derived from Tábor.
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Meaning 8
A place name:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, from Tábor.
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name
Meaning 9
A surname.
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name
Meaning 10
A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor
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name
Meaning 11
The Transfiguration of Jesus
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Usage: metonymically
Topics: Christianity
Examples
- the light of Tabor
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name
Meaning 12
Abbreviation of Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
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Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 13
A small drum.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 14
A small drum.
In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
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noun
Meaning 15
A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.
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verb
Meaning 16
To make (a sound) with a tabor.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 17
To strike lightly and frequently.
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noun
Meaning 18
a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tabour
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Broader terms: drum, membranophone, tympan
History
Etymology
From German Tabor, from Czech tábor (“camp”).
From Biblical Hebrew תָּבוֹר (Tāḇôr), of uncertain origin.
From Middle English, from Old French tabour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), ultimately from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tambour and tanbur.
From various Slavic languages, from a Turkic language. Compare Ottoman Turkish طابور (tabur).
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Old Armenian: Թափոր (Tʻapʻor) — mountain
- Czech: Tábor — mountain
- German: Tabor — mountain
- Greek: Θαβώρ (Thavór) — mountain
- Ancient Greek: Θαβώρ (Thabṓr) — mountain
- Hebrew: תבור — mountain
- Italian: Tabor — mountain
- Japanese: タボル山 (taboru-san) — mountain
- Latin: Tabor — mountain
- Latin: Thabor — mountain
- Polish: Tabor — mountain
- Portuguese: Tabor — mountain
- Slovak: Tábor — mountain
- Spanish: Tabor — mountain
- Bulgarian: барабанче (barabanče) — small drum
- Catalan: tabalet — small drum
- French: tambour — small drum
- Galician: tamboril — small drum
- Hebrew: תוף תבור (tof tavor) — small drum
- Manx: dollan — small drum
- Russian: ма́ленький бараба́н (málenʹkij barabán) — small drum
- Spanish: tamboril — small drum