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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈtæmbɹə/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈtæmbə/
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Received-Pronunciation, dated:
/tɛ̃bɹ(ə)/
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General-American:
tăm'bər
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General-American:
tĭm'bər
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General-American:
/ˈtæm.bɚ/
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General-American:
/ˈtɪm.bɚ/
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Australian:
/ˈtɪm.bə/
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homophone: timber stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
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rhymes with -æmbə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET:
T IH1 M B ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tone color
Antonyms: none provided
The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
When someone speaks after inhaling helium, his voice has a higher timbre. With sulfur hexafluoride, the result is a lower timbre.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The crest on a (helmet atop a) coat of arms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Antonyms: none provided
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: timber, quality, tone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound property
Narrower terms: harmonic, resonance, color, colour, coloration, colouration, nasality, plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy, shrillness, stridence, stridency, register
From French timbre, ultimately from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tympanum, timpani, timbal, and tymbal.
Across languages
Translations 46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
тембър
(tembǎr)
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Catalan :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Chinese Mandarin :
音色
(yīnsè)
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Czech :
barva zvuku
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Danish :
klang
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Danish :
klangfarve
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Danish :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Dutch :
klankkleur
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Dutch :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Finnish :
sointiväri
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
French :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Galician :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
German :
Klangfarbe
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
German :
Timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Greek :
ηχόχρωμα
(ichóchroma)
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Hungarian :
hangszín
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Hungarian :
hangszínezet
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Hungarian :
hangárnyalat
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Icelandic :
hljómblær
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Icelandic :
tónblær
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Indonesian :
warna nada
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Indonesian :
cocok nada
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Indonesian :
irama nada
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Italian :
timbro
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Japanese :
音色
(neiro)
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Macedonian :
те́мбр
(témbr)
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Malay :
warna ton
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Māori :
hā
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Norwegian Bokmål :
klang
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Norwegian Bokmål :
klangfarge
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Norwegian Bokmål :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Occitan :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Polish :
tembr
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Polish :
barwa
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Portuguese :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Romanian :
timbru
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Russian :
тембр
(tɛmbr)
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Serbo-Croatian :
timbar
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Serbo-Croatian :
boja zvuka
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Spanish :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Swedish :
klang
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Swedish :
klangfärg
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Swedish :
timbre
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Tagalog :
kaalngawan
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Turkish :
tını
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
Ukrainian :
тембр
(tembr)
— quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume
