"tambour" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæmbʊə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tambour.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tambours [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), perhaps influenced by Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”). Compare Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), and tabla. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|tambour||drum}} French tambour (“drum”), {{uder|en|ar|طُنْبُور}} Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), {{der|en|fa|تبیر|t=drum|tr=tabir}} Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”), {{cog|hy|տաւիղ}} Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), {{m|en|tabla}} tabla Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tambour (countable and uncountable, plural tambours)
  1. (music) A small shallow drum. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Musical instruments
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-Pabs7OBh Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. A circular frame for embroidery. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (circular frame for embroidery): герге́ф (gergéf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ompelukehys (Finnish), tambór [masculine] (Irish), ѓерѓеф (ǵerǵef) [masculine] (Macedonian), گركف (gerkef) (Ottoman Turkish), пя́льцы (pjálʹcy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), ђерђев [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), đerđev [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tambur (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-5Azf4Om4 Disambiguation of 'circular frame for embroidery': 1 89 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
  3. A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-B25a8d9z
  4. Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-0VQomUDv
  5. (architecture) The capital of a Corinthian column. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architectural elements Translations (the capital of a Corinthian column): tampuuri (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-cR6DFlgQ Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'the capital of a Corinthian column': 1 0 0 1 87 1 1 1 5 2
  6. (architecture) Synonym of drum (“cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column”) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture Synonyms: drum [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-fQ30ccpD Topics: architecture
  7. (military) A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-A1qCMclJ Topics: government, military, politics, war
  8. (biology) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-wAlt6h2H Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  9. (sports) In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports, Percussion instruments Translations (real tennis court feature): tambour (French), tambur (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-q0BpYCt- Disambiguation of Percussion instruments: 9 2 2 8 11 4 9 14 26 14 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 0 9 14 3 10 8 33 17 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 0 0 6 8 3 8 9 45 12 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 7 1 1 8 10 4 17 10 25 14 3 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'real tennis court feature': 4 0 0 4 4 2 4 5 71 6
  10. A rolling top or front (as of a rolltop desk) of narrow strips of wood glued on canvas. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-noun-6P6F9teF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tambour lace

Verb

IPA: /ˈtæmbʊə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tambour.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tambours [present, singular, third-person], tambouring [participle, present], tamboured [participle, past], tamboured [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), perhaps influenced by Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”). Compare Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), and tabla. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|tambour||drum}} French tambour (“drum”), {{uder|en|ar|طُنْبُور}} Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), {{der|en|fa|تبیر|t=drum|tr=tabir}} Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”), {{cog|hy|տաւիղ}} Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), {{m|en|tabla}} tabla Head templates: {{en-verb}} tambour (third-person singular simple present tambours, present participle tambouring, simple past and past participle tamboured)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To embroider on a tambour (circular frame). Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-tambour-en-verb-eTORaPVM

Inflected forms

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