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timbre

Betekenis (Engels)

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timbrar

  1. to ring, to make sound a ring
  2. to stamp
  3. to postmark
  4. to seal

Frekwensie

C1
Gekoppel as
tim‧bre
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈtimbɾe/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed from French timbre (“quality of a sound; sound of a bell”), from Old French timbre (“bell without a clapper, drum”), via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tímpano.

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