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- [tam-ber, tim-; French tan-bruh]
- /ˈtæm bər, ˈtɪm-; French ˈtɛ̃ brə/
- /ˈtæm.bər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tam-ber, tim-; French tan-bruh]
- /ˈtæm bər, ˈtɪm-; French ˈtɛ̃ brə/
Definitions of timbre word
- noun timbre Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance. 1
- noun timbre Music. the characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color. 1
- countable noun timbre The timbre of someone's voice or of a musical instrument is the particular quality of sound that it has. 0
- noun timbre the distinctive tone quality differentiating one vowel or sonant from another 0
- noun timbre tone colour or quality of sound, esp a specific type of tone colour 0
- noun timbre the characteristic quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or musical instrument from another or one vowel sound from another: it is determined by the harmonics of the sound and is distinguished from the intensity and pitch 0
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Origin of timbre
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English tymbre < French: sound (orig. of bell), Middle French: bell, timbrel, drum, Old French: drum < Medieval Greek tímbanon, variant of Greek týmpanon drum
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Parts of speech for Timbre
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
timbre popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for timbre
noun timbre
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- high spirits — lively or boisterous mood
- inflection — modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
- mood — Grammar. a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of the clause in which the verb occurs to other clauses in the sentence, or the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying, as certainty or uncertainty, wish or command, emphasis or hesitancy. a set of syntactic devices in some languages that is similar to this set in function or meaning, involving the use of auxiliary words, as can, may, might. any of the categories of these sets: the Latin indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
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