tam-tam

== English == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== tam-tam (plural tam-tams) (music) A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Imitative. ==== Verb ==== tam-tam (third-person singular simple present tam-tams, present participle tam-tamming, simple past and past participle tam-tammed) (intransitive, dated) To beat on a drum. === See also === tom-tom == French == === Alternative forms === tamtam (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Onomatopoetic. Compare English tom-tom === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tam.tam/ === Noun === tam-tam m (plural tam-tams or tams-tams) tam-tam === Further reading === “tam-tam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tamˈtam/ Rhymes: -am === Noun === tam-tam m (invariable) (music) tam-tam (music) tom-tom bush telegraph, grapevine (unofficial news channel) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tam-tam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tam.ˈtam/ Rhymes: -am Hyphenation: tam‧tam === Noun === tam-tam n (plural tam-tamuri) tam-tam big noise ==== Declension ====