CYMBAL


Meaning of CYMBAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsim-bəl ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cymbal & Anglo-French cymbele, from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kymbalon, from kymbē bowl, boat

Date: before 12th century

: a concave brass plate that produces a brilliant clashing tone and that is struck with a drumstick or is used in pairs struck glancingly together

• cym·bal·ist -bə-list noun

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