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Category:Musical instruments
English

Pronunciation
IPA: /�tæm.b�.�(ɹ)i�n/
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Etymology
from French tambourin (lit., "little drum"), in turn from tambour (drum)

Noun
en-noun

1. a percussion musical instrument|instrument consisting of a small usu. wooden hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingle|jingling metal disks on the tread; it is usu. held in the hand and shaken rhythmically.

Derived terms
tambourinist
Translations
trans-top|percussion instrument
Crimean Tatar: dare
Finnish: tamburiini
French: tambour de basque m
German: Tamburin f
Italian: tamburino m
Japanese: ����� (tanbarin)
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Portuguese: tamborim m; pandeiro m
Spanish: pandereta f
Vietnamese: tr�ng lục lạc, tr�ng prôv�ng
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