tambour

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tabor and tanbur. Compare Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), and tabla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtæmbʊə(ɹ)/ === Noun === tambour (countable and uncountable, plural tambours) (music) A small shallow drum. A circular frame for embroidery. A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery. Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour. (architecture) The capital of a Corinthian column. (architecture) Synonym of drum (“cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column”). (military) A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade. (medicine) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery. (sports) In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall. A rolling top or front (as of a rolltop desk) of narrow strips of wood glued on canvas. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tambour (third-person singular simple present tambours, present participle tambouring, simple past and past participle tamboured) (ambitransitive) To embroider on a tambour (circular frame). === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Tambour”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. “tambour”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”), related to Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), English tabla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɑ̃.buʁ/ === Noun === tambour m (plural tambours) drum (instrument) tambour (sports / real tennis) revolving door ==== Derived terms ==== tambour battant tambourin tambour-major ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: tanbou → Dutch: tamboerAfrikaans: tamboerNegerhollands: tamboer→ Indonesian: tambur → Romanian: tambur → Swedish: tambur → Tamil: தம்பூர் (tampūr) → Turkish: tambur ==== See also ==== batterie f === Further reading === “tambour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From French tambour. === Noun === tambour drum === References === Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr). === Noun === tambour m (plural tambours) (Jersey) drum ==== Derived terms ==== tambour-mâjeur (“drum major”) == Seychellois Creole == === Etymology === From French tambour. === Noun === tambour drum === References === Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français