Definitions for tambourin

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tambourin tam·bou·rin

Spelling: [tam-boo-rin; French tahn-boo

IPA: /ˈtæm bʊ rɪn; French tɑ̃ bʊˈrɛ̃/

Tambourin is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 617 anagrams from letters in tambourin (abimnortu).

Definitions for tambourin

noun

1. a long narrow drum of Provence.
2. an old Provençal dance in duple meter, accompanied by a drone bass or by a steady drumbeat.
3. the music for this dance.

Origin of tambourin

1790-1800; French Provençal tamborin, diminutive of tambor tambour

Examples for tambourin

The "Caf de l'Ermitage" is only a recollection, and the "tambourin" has changed its name and title.

After the winding was over, the songs and dances began to the music of a tambourin.

She couldna haud a candle to her sister Phemie in tambourin' or in ginger-breid.

A troop of proud, joyous Vascons soon arrived, dancing a tambourin.

It was Kreisler's tambourin Chinois that the student played.