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timbre.

bell

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtimbɾe/[ˈt̪ĩm.bɾe]

  1. bell

    masculine

  2. doorbell

    masculine

  3. timbre

    masculine

  4. stamp

    masculine

  5. postmark

    masculine

  6. seal

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French timbre (“quality of a sound; sound of a bell”), from Old French timbre (“bell without a clapper, drum”), via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tímpano.

verb/ˈtimbɾe/[ˈt̪ĩm.bɾe]

  1. inflection of timbrar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of timbrar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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