timbre

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) bell
2. (masculine) doorbell
3. (masculine) timbre
4. (masculine) stamp
5. (masculine) postmark
6. (masculine) seal

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of timbrar:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of timbrar:

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timbrar

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

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Concepts

timbre

bell

🔔

stamp

doorbell

tone

key

🔑

mood

postage stamp

quality

ring

💍

seal

🦭

stamp duty

stamp tax

strain

style

tamber

timber

tuning

agreement

tax stamp

attunement

bell push

buzzer

crest

Synonyms

campanilla

campana

🔔

sello

🦭

estampilla

marca

tono

aldaba

llamador

chicharra

chicharra

alarma

chicharra

bronce

cualidad

Translations

timbre

timbre

timbre

Klingel

🔔

timbro

timbre

sonnette

🔔

campanello

campainha

🔔

campana

🔔

Timbre

Klangfarbe

Schelle

klok

Briefmarke

Hyphenated as

tim‧bre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtimbɾe/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: timbre

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.