bodhran

bodh·ran

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [baw-rahn]
- /ˈbɔ rɑn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [baw-rahn]
- /ˈbɔ rɑn/

Definitions of bodhran word

noun bodhran shallow one-sided drum popular in Irish and Scottish folk music 3
noun bodhran a shallow one-sided drum popular in Irish and Scottish folk music 3
noun bodhran a shallow, hand-held drum played by striking the single drumhead with alternate knobbed ends of a beater 3
noun bodhran a handheld, shallow Irish drum with a single goatskin head, played with a stick. 1
noun bodhran A type of frame drum used in Celtic music which was traditionally played by being struck with with an animal bone, or in modern times, a piece of wood. 0

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Origin of bodhran

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

1965-70; Irish Gaelic bodhrán, from Middle Irish bodrán, from bodar “deafening, deaf”

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bodhran popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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