"tympanum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɪm.pən.əm/ Forms: tympanums [plural], tympana [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmpənəm Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“a drum, timbrel, tambourine; the eardrum”). Doublet of timbre and timpani. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|tympanum||a drum, timbrel, tambourine; the eardrum}} Latin tympanum (“a drum, timbrel, tambourine; the eardrum”), {{doublet|en|timbre|timpani}} Doublet of timbre and timpani Head templates: {{en-noun|s|tympana}} tympanum (plural tympanums or tympana)
  1. (archaic) A drum. Tags: archaic
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  2. (anatomy, zootomy) Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
    (anatomy, zootomy) The eardrum (tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica).
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
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  3. (anatomy, zootomy) Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
    (anatomy, zootomy) The main portion of the middle ear: the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympani).
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
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  4. (anatomy, zootomy) Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
    (zootomy, entomology) A thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy, Entomology Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (hearing organ): màng nhĩ (Vietnamese), màng tai (Vietnamese)
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  5. (anatomy, zootomy) Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
    (zootomy) A membranous resonator in a sound-producing organ in frogs and toads.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-tympanum-en-noun-T13ecJrq Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
  6. (anatomy, zootomy) Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:
    (zootomy) (in certain birds) The labyrinth at the bottom of the windpipe.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
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  7. (architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-tympanum-en-noun-sX~iRVBY Topics: architecture
  8. (architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated
    The recessed triangular space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch
    Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-tympanum-en-noun-nW9UUipm Topics: architecture
  9. (engineering) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged; used for raising water, as for irrigation. Categories (topical): Engineering
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: epitympanum, hypotympanum, mesotympanum, pseudotympanum, tympanic Translations (triangular space between the sides of a pediment): قَلْب القَوْصَرَة (qalb al-qawṣara) (Arabic), təmpanum (Azerbaijani), timpan (Azerbaijani), тымпан (tympan) [masculine] (Belarusian), মধ্যকর্ণ (moddhokorno) (Bengali), тимпан (timpan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), timpà [masculine] (Catalan), 鼓室 (gǔshì) (Chinese Mandarin), tympanon (Danish), timpaan [masculine] (Dutch), tympanon (Finnish), tympaani (Finnish), Tympanum [masculine] (German), τύμπανο (týmpano) [neuter] (Greek), תוֹף הַאוֹזֶן [masculine] (Hebrew), कान का पर्दा (kān kā pardā) (Hindi), timpanon (Hungarian), gaflflötur [masculine] (Icelandic), timpano [masculine] (Italian), ಟೈಂಪಾನಮ್ (ṭaimpānam) (Kannada), тимпанум (timpanum) (Kazakh), 진동판 (jindongpan) (Korean), Tympanum (Luxembourgish), тимпан (timpan) [masculine] (Macedonian), tympanon [masculine] (Polish), tímpano [masculine] (Portuguese), timpan [neuter] (Romanian), тимпан (timpan) [masculine] (Russian), tympanon [common-gender] (Swedish), tympan [common-gender] (Swedish), timpano (Tagalog), หูตอนใน (hū txn nı) (Thai), kulak davulu (Turkish), timpanum (Uzbek), chứng màng nhĩ (Vietnamese), טימפּאַנום (timpanum) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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        "Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:",
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        "Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:",
        "(in certain birds) The labyrinth at the bottom of the windpipe."
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        "(anatomy, zootomy) Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:",
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        "A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated"
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        "(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Architecture"
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          "ref": "2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "It was a black-and-white picture of a Romanesque doorway, with flanking saints and a lively Last Judgement in the tympanum […].",
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        }
      ],
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        "A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated",
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        "(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated",
        "The recessed triangular space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch"
      ],
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        "architecture"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "en:Engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged; used for raising water, as for irrigation."
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          "revolve",
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          "circumference",
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          "submerge",
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          "irrigation"
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        "(engineering) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged; used for raising water, as for irrigation."
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪm.pən.əm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪmpənəm"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hearing organ",
      "word": "màng nhĩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hearing organ",
      "word": "màng tai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qalb al-qawṣara",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "قَلْب القَوْصَرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "təmpanum"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "timpan"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tympan",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тымпан"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "moddhokorno",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "মধ্যকর্ণ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "timpan",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тимпан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "timpà"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔshì",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "鼓室"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "tympanon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "timpaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "tympanon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "tympaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tympanum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "týmpano",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "τύμπανο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תוֹף הַאוֹזֶן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kān kā pardā",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "कान का पर्दा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "timpanon"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaflflötur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "timpano"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "ṭaimpānam",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "ಟೈಂಪಾನಮ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "timpanum",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "тимпанум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jindongpan",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "진동판"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "Tympanum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "timpan",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тимпан"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tympanon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tímpano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "timpan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "timpan",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тимпан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tympanon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tympan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "timpano"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hū txn nı",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "หูตอนใน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "kulak davulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "timpanum"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "word": "chứng màng nhĩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "timpanum",
      "sense": "triangular space between the sides of a pediment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טימפּאַנום"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tympanum"
}

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