tambourine

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/

Noun

tambourine (plural tambourines)

1. A instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.]]
2. A tambourine dove.
   • 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves (page 78)

     Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.

3. A kind of Provençal dance.
4. The music for this dance.

Translations

• French: tambour de basque, tambourin
• German: Tamburin
• Italian: tamburello
• Portuguese: pandeiro
• Russian: бу́бен
• Spanish: pandereta, pandero

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