"castanets" meaning in English

See castanets in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkæs.təˈnɛts/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-castanets.wav
Rhymes: -ɛts Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} castanets (uncountable)
  1. A percussion instrument (idiophone) of Spanish origin, consisting of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string, held in the hand and used to produce clicking sounds; any hand-held percussion idiophone that can be played with the fingers, such as bones or spoons. Wikipedia link: castanets Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Percussion instruments Derived forms: castanetist
    Sense id: en-castanets-en-noun-q0uGhQ1C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "castanets (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Percussion instruments",
          "orig": "en:Percussion instruments",
          "parents": [
            "Musical instruments",
            "Music",
            "Tools",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Technology",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "castanetist"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A percussion instrument (idiophone) of Spanish origin, consisting of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string, held in the hand and used to produce clicking sounds; any hand-held percussion idiophone that can be played with the fingers, such as bones or spoons."
      ],
      "id": "en-castanets-en-noun-q0uGhQ1C",
      "links": [
        [
          "percussion",
          "percussion"
        ],
        [
          "idiophone",
          "idiophone"
        ],
        [
          "concave",
          "concave"
        ],
        [
          "percussion idiophone",
          "percussion idiophone"
        ],
        [
          "bones",
          "bones"
        ],
        [
          "spoons",
          "spoons"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "castanets"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkæs.təˈnɛts/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-castanets.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-castanets.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-castanets.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-castanets.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-castanets.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛts"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castanets"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "castanetist"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "castanets (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛts",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛts/3 syllables",
        "en:Percussion instruments"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A percussion instrument (idiophone) of Spanish origin, consisting of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string, held in the hand and used to produce clicking sounds; any hand-held percussion idiophone that can be played with the fingers, such as bones or spoons."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "percussion",
          "percussion"
        ],
        [
          "idiophone",
          "idiophone"
        ],
        [
          "concave",
          "concave"
        ],
        [
          "percussion idiophone",
          "percussion idiophone"
        ],
        [
          "bones",
          "bones"
        ],
        [
          "spoons",
          "spoons"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "castanets"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkæs.təˈnɛts/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-castanets.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-castanets.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-castanets.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-castanets.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-castanets.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛts"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castanets"
}

Download raw JSONL data for castanets meaning in English (1.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.