cymbal

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪmbəl/, [ˈsɪmbɫ̩]

Noun

cymbal (plural cymbals)

1. (musical instruments) A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
   • 1605–08, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, sc. 3:

     The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries and fifes,

     Tabours and cymbals and the shouting Romans,

     Make the sun dance.

   • 1611, King James Version, 1 Corinthians 13:1:

     Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, Act V:

     Trumpets and Drums shall fright her from the Throne,

     As sounding Cymbals aid the lab'ring Moon.

   • 1881–82, Walt Whitman, The Leaves of Grass, "The Mystic Trumpeter":

     I see the Crusaders' tumultuous armies—hark, how the cymbals clang ...

Translations

• French: cymbale
• German: Becken
• Italian: piatto
• Portuguese: prato
• Russian: таре́лки
• Spanish: plato, platos, platillo, platillos, címbalo, címbalos, cimbales

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