tambur

English

Noun

tambur (plural tamburs)

1. Alternative form of tambour (“type of drum”)

Hausa

Etymology

From French timbre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tám.bùr/

Noun

tambùr̃ m

1. (Niger) postage stamp

   Synonyms: kan-sarki, (Nigeria) sitampi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tamboer, from French tambour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtambʊr/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bur
• Rhymes: -bʊr, -ʊr, -r

Noun

tambur (plural tambur-tambur, first-person possessive tamburku, second-person possessive tamburmu, third-person possessive tamburnya)

1. (music) tambour: A small shallow drum.

Further reading

• “tambur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tambour.

Noun

tambur n (plural tambure)

1. tambour, drum

Declension

Declension of tambur

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) tambur	tamburul	(niște) tambure	tamburele
genitive/dative	(unui) tambur	tamburului	(unor) tambure	tamburelor
vocative	tamburule		tamburelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From French tambour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǎmbuːr/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bur

Noun

tàmbūr m (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбӯр)

1. (music, expressively) drum
2. (architecture) tambour

Declension

Declension of tambur

	singular	plural
nominative	tàmbūr	tamburi
genitive	tambúra	tambura
dative	tamburu	tamburima
accusative	tambur	tambure
vocative	tambure	tamburi
locative	tamburu	tamburima
instrumental	tamburom	tamburima

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǎmbuːr/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bur

Noun

tàmbūr m (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбӯр)

1. Alternative form of tànbūr

Declension

Declension of tambur

	singular	plural
nominative	tàmbūr	tamburi
genitive	tambúra	tambura
dative	tamburu	tamburima
accusative	tambur	tambure
vocative	tambure	tamburi
locative	tamburu	tamburima
instrumental	tamburom	tamburima

References

• “tambur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “tambur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from French tambour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamˈbʉːr/

Noun

tambur ?

1. (architecture) tholobate
2. (architecture) the wind protection made up of screens and doors just inside an entrance, especially in larger halls or churches
3. (architecture, slightly archaic) entryway; a heated room just inside the entrance of a home to hang up outerwear

   Synonyms: hall, kapprum

   Coordinate terms: förstuga, farstu, vestibul

4. (architecture) the construction surrounding a spiral staircase
5. (military, defense) small non-covered defense barrier for fortress entrances and bridges or as a flanking device
6. (naval) small extension of warship for lighter cannon or floodlight
7. (stitching) tambour
8. (stitching) embroidery similar to chain stitch

   Synonym: tambursöm

9. (real tennis) tambour

Declension

Declension of tambur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tambur	tamburs
	definite	tamburen	tamburens
plural	indefinite	tamburer	tamburers
	definite	tamburerna	tamburernas

Derived terms

• tamburmajor

Further reading

• tambur in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker