noun
Meaning 1
A drum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
tympanum
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/ˈtɪm.pən.əm/
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
The eardrum (tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
The main portion of the middle ear: the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympani).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
A thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, entomology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
A membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ in frogs and toads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
(in certain birds) The labyrinth at the bottom of the windpipe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
Meaning 7
A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 8
A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated.
The recessed triangular space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 9
A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged; used for raising water, as for irrigation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kettle, kettledrum, tympani, timpani
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: percussion instrument, percussive instrument
noun
Meaning 11
the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eardrum, tympanic membrane, myringa
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Broader terms: membrane, tissue layer
Narrower terms: perforated eardrum
noun
Meaning 12
the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: middle ear, tympanic cavity
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Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“a drum, timbrel, tambourine; the eardrum”). Doublet of timbre, timpani, timbal, and tymbal.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Tympanum — hearing organ
- Polish: narząd tympanalny — hearing organ
- Polish: narząd bębenkowy — hearing organ
- Polish: aparat tympanalny — hearing organ
- Vietnamese: màng nhĩ — hearing organ
- Vietnamese: màng tai — hearing organ
- Arabic: قَلْب القَوْصَرَة (qalb al-qawṣara) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Azerbaijani: təmpanum — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Azerbaijani: timpan — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Belarusian: тымпан (tympan) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Bengali: মধ্যকর্ণ (moddhokorno) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Bulgarian: тимпан (timpan) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Catalan: timpà — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Chinese Mandarin: 鼓室 (gǔshì) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Danish: tympanon — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Dutch: timpaan — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Finnish: tympanon — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Finnish: tympaani — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- German: Tympanum — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Greek: τύμπανο (týmpano) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Hebrew: תוֹף הַאוֹזֶן — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Hindi: कान का पर्दा (kān kā pardā) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Hungarian: timpanon — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Icelandic: gaflflötur — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Italian: timpano — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Kannada: ಟೈಂಪಾನಮ್ (ṭaimpānam) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Kazakh: тимпанум (timpanum) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Korean: 진동판 (jindongpan) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Luxembourgish: Tympanum — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Macedonian: тимпан (timpan) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Polish: tympanon — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Portuguese: tímpano — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Romanian: timpan — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Russian: тимпан (timpan) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Swedish: tympanon — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Swedish: tympan — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Tagalog: timpano — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Thai: หูตอนใน (hū txn nı) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Turkish: kulak davulu — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Uzbek: timpanum — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Vietnamese: chứng màng nhĩ — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
- Yiddish: טימפּאַנום (timpanum) — triangular space between the sides of a pediment
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