tímpano

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === tympano (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of timbre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tím‧pa‧no === Noun === tímpano m (plural tímpanos) (anatomy) eardrum; tympanum (membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear) Synonym: ouvido (music) kettledrum (large drum with a tunable drumhead) (architecture) tympanum (space between the sides of a pediment) (biology) tympanum (hearing organ of some amphibians and insects) the part of a bell that is struck by the clapper ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tímpano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tímpano” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “tímpano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon). Doublet of timbre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtimpano/ [ˈt̪ĩm.pa.no] Rhymes: -impano Syllabification: tím‧pa‧no === Noun === tímpano m (plural tímpanos) tympanum, eardrum drum Synonym: tambor ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tímpano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025