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"expansion": "French timbre",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "τύμπανον",
"t": "drum"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tympanum",
"3": "timpani",
"4": "timbal",
"5": "tymbal"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of tympanum, timpani, timbal, and tymbal",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French timbre, ultimately from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tympanum, timpani, timbal, and tymbal.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "timbres",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "timbre (countable and uncountable, plural timbres)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 7, in The Whisperer in Darkness:",
"text": "It was a hard whisper to catch at first, since the grey moustache concealed all movements of the lips, and something in its timbre disturbed me greatly; but by concentrating my attention I could soon make out its purport surprisingly well.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume."
],
"links": [
[
"sound",
"sound"
],
[
"pitch",
"pitch"
],
[
"volume",
"volume"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "When someone speaks after inhaling helium, his voice has a higher timbre. With sulfur hexafluoride, the result is a lower timbre.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with uncommon senses",
"en:Heraldry"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1492, \"Confirmation of arms with difference and crest to Thomas and John Elyott by John Writhe, Garter, dated 7th July, 1492 (MS. queen's Coll. 139, No. 13.)\", in 1925, Willoughby Aston Littledale, A Collection of Miscellaneous Grants, Crests, Confirmations, Augmentations and Exemplifications of Arms in the Mss. Preserved in the British Museum, Ashmolean Library, Queen's College, Oxford, and Elsewhere, page 70",
"text": "Quarterly the First quarter Siluer …, The second Siluer a Cheueron gules betweene three Castles Sables And to his timbre vpon his healme, an Elephants head in his proper Colours […]"
},
{
"ref": "2002, Philippe Levillain, John W. O'Malley, The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 1145:",
"text": "The basilican pavilion [...] has frequently appeared on banners since the 13th century, but the pope has used it only rarely, as a timbre or crest above his coat of ARMS (a few examples exist from the time of MARTIN V).",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The crest on a (helmet atop a) coat of arms."
],
"links": [
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
],
[
"crest",
"crest"
],
[
"coat of arms",
"coat of arms"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry, uncommon) The crest on a (helmet atop a) coat of arms."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncommon",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtæm.bə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/tɛ̃bɹ(ə)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"dated"
]
},
{
"enpr": "tăm'bər",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "tĭm'bər",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtæm.bɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɪm.bɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-timbre.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/En-us-timbre.ogg/En-us-timbre.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/En-us-timbre.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɪm.bə/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-timbre.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/En-au-timbre.ogg/En-au-timbre.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-au-timbre.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "timber stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æmbə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪmbə(ɹ)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tembǎr",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тембър"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīnsè",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "音色"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barva zvuku"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klang"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klangfarve"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "klankkleur"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "sointiväri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Klangfarbe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Timbre"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ichóchroma",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ηχόχρωμα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "hangszín"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "hangszínezet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "hangárnyalat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hljómblær"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tónblær"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "warna nada"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "cocok nada"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "irama nada"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbro"
},
{
"alt": "ねいろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "neiro",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "音色"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "témbr",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "те́мбр"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "warna ton"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "hā"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klang"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "klangfarge"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tembr"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barwa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "timbru"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tɛmbr",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тембр"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boja zvuka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klang"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klangfärg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "kaalngawan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"word": "tını"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tembr",
"sense": "quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тембр"
}
],
"word": "timbre"
}
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