"percussion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɚˈkʌʃən/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-percussion.ogg [General-American] Forms: percussions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌʃən Etymology: From Middle English percussioun, from Middle French, Old French percussion, from Latin percussiō (“striking”), from percutiō (“I strike”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|percussioun}} Middle English percussioun, {{der|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|fro|percussion}} Old French percussion, {{der|en|la|percussiō||striking}} Latin percussiō (“striking”), {{m|la|percutiō||I strike}} percutiō (“I strike”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} percussion (countable and uncountable, plural percussions)
  1. (countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound. Tags: countable Translations (collision producing a sound): стълкновение (stǎlknovenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), percussió [feminine] (Catalan), 擊發 (Chinese Mandarin), 击发 (jīfā) (Chinese Mandarin), lyönti (Finnish), percusión [feminine] (Galician), összeütés (Hungarian), ütés (Hungarian), ütközés (Hungarian), összeütközés (Hungarian), ütődés (Hungarian), összeütődés (Hungarian), lökés (Hungarian), rázkódás (Hungarian), samsláttur [masculine] (Icelandic), sláttur [masculine] (Icelandic), barningur [masculine] (Icelandic), столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) [neuter] (Russian), уда́р (udár) [masculine] (Russian) Translations (sound produced by collision): percussió [feminine] (Catalan), 擊發的聲音 (Chinese Mandarin), 击发的声音 (jīfā de shēngyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), lyöntiääni (Finnish), csattanás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-percussion-en-noun-5dnm9gsW Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 10 23 6 24 9 5 Disambiguation of 'collision producing a sound': 45 16 9 5 14 8 3 Disambiguation of 'sound produced by collision': 39 23 9 5 13 9 3
  2. (countable) The sound so produced. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-percussion-en-noun-pVf17jgN Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 10 23 6 24 9 5
  3. (countable) The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm. Tags: countable Translations (detonation of percussion cap): gyutacs felrobbanása (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-percussion-en-noun-R-u8aZQu Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 10 23 6 24 9 5 Disambiguation of 'detonation of percussion cap': 12 7 52 2 18 6 2
  4. (medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: tapping of the body): причукване (pričukvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), percussió [feminine] (Catalan), perkussion [common-gender] (Danish), koputtelu (Finnish), kopogtatás (Hungarian), perkusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), perkusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), высту́кивание (vystúkivanije) [neuter] (Russian), перку́ссия (perkússija) [feminine] (Russian), perküsyon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-percussion-en-noun-d~pQSLmp Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: tapping of the body': 9 2 4 65 8 8 4
  5. (music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Percussion instruments Translations (music: section of percussion instruments): آلَة إِيقَاعِيَّة (ʔāla ʔīqāʕiyya) (Arabic), ударни инструменти (udarni instrumenti) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), percussió [feminine] (Catalan), 打擊樂器 (Chinese Mandarin), 打击乐器 (dǎjī yuèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), bicí (Czech), slagtøj [neuter] (Danish), percussion [common-gender] (Danish), lyömäsoittimet [plural] (Finnish), lyömäsoitinryhmä (Finnish), percussion [feminine] (French), Perkussion [feminine] (German), ütőhangszer (Hungarian), ütősök [plural] (Hungarian), ütők [plural] (Hungarian), slagverk [neuter] (Icelandic), cnaguirlis [feminine] (Irish), papā (Maori), slagverk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), perkusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), slagverk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), perkusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), perkusja [feminine] (Polish), percussão [feminine] (Portuguese), уда́рный инструме́нт (udárnyj instrumént) (english: percussion instrument) [masculine] (Russian), percusión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-percussion-en-noun-bBn6tBFs Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 13 11 10 3 57 5 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 13 20 4 29 9 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 10 23 6 24 9 5 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: section of percussion instruments': 11 8 12 2 63 4 1
  6. (engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering Translations (engineering: repeated striking): tärytys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-percussion-en-noun-sw2s0kuk Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'engineering: repeated striking': 6 3 4 7 5 72 4
  7. (palmistry) The outer side of the hand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Palmistry
    Sense id: en-percussion-en-noun-79QRenWp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quash

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      ],
      "word": "ударни инструменти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "percussió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "word": "打擊樂器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎjī yuèqì",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "word": "打击乐器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "word": "bicí"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slagtøj"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "percussion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lyömäsoittimet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "word": "lyömäsoitinryhmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "percussion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Perkussion"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "word": "ütőhangszer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ütősök"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ütők"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slagverk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cnaguirlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "word": "papā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slagverk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perkusjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slagverk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perkusjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perkusja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "percussão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "percussion instrument",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udárnyj instrumént",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уда́рный инструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music: section of percussion instruments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "percusión"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "engineering: repeated striking",
      "word": "tärytys"
    }
  ],
  "word": "percussion"
}

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