"timbre" meaning in French

See timbre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɛ̃bʁ/ Audio: Fr-timbre.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-timbre.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-timbre.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-timbre.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: timbres [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French timbre, via Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Less likely a direct descendant of Latin tympanum. Doublet of tympan. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|timbre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French timbre, {{inh+|fr|fro|timbre}} Inherited from Old French timbre, {{der|fr|gkm|-}} Byzantine Greek, {{der|fr|grc|τύμπανον||drum}} Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”), {{der|fr|la|tympanum}} Latin tympanum, {{doublet|fr|tympan}} Doublet of tympan Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} timbre m (plural timbres)
  1. small bell Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-timbre-fr-noun-bnbwrTcI
  2. (postage) stamp, postage stamp Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-timbre-fr-noun-xQTWcdJ9 Categories (other): Post Disambiguation of Post: 0 62 0 36 2
  3. stamp (mark) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-timbre-fr-noun-GPrpCkHD
  4. (music) timbre Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-timbre-fr-noun-obgRLGP2 Categories (other): Music, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 3 65 22 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  5. (phonology) quality of a vowel Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-timbre-fr-noun-sOyC242H Categories (other): Phonology Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: timbrer

Inflected forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-timbre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-timbre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-timbre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-timbre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-timbre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-timbre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-timbre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-timbre.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-timbre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Lyon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "timbre"
}

Download raw JSONL data for timbre meaning in French (5.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: postage",
  "path": [
    "timbre"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "timbre",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: postage",
  "path": [
    "timbre"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "timbre",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). 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.

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