Masculine

timbre

Meaning

  1. (masculine) small bell
  2. (masculine) stamp, postage stamp
  3. (masculine) stamp (mark)
  4. (masculine) timbre
  5. (masculine) quality of a vowel

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɛ̃bʁ/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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