ossame

Meaning

pile or mass of bones

Concepts

castanet

castanets

heap of bones

Synonyms

piatto

castagnette

ossa

castagnetta

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Translations

ossements

platerets

castanyetes

castanyoles

Beifallklatscher

Gebeine

Kastagnetten

Klöppel

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Schwengel

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Rasseln

Schellen

Glockenklöppel

Glockenschwengel

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Brettchenklapper

κύμβαλο

Hyphenated as

os‧sà‧me

Pronounced as (IPA)

/osˈsa.me/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ossāmen, a collective derived from Latin os (“bone”). First attested in Dante. Synchronically derivable from osso (“bone”) + -ame (collective suffix).