different between cymbal vs zill

English

Etymology

From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal, cimbala and Old French cimbale, both from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (kúmbalon), from ????? (kúmb?, “bowl”). See also chime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mb?l/, [?s?mb??]
• Rhymes: -?mb?l
• Homophone: symbol

Noun

cymbal (plural cymbals)

1. (music) A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
   • 1605–08, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, sc. 3:

     The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries and fifes,

     Tabours and cymbals and the shouting Romans,

     Make the sun dance.

   • 1611, King James Version, 1 Corinthians 13:1:

     Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, Act V:

     Trumpets and Drums shall fright her from the Throne,

     As sounding Cymbals aid the lab'ring Moon.

   • 1881–82, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, "The Mystic Trumpeter":

     I see the Crusaders' tumultuous armies—hark, how the cymbals clang ...

Hyponyms

• china

Derived terms

• cymbalist
• splash cymbal

Translations

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?m?b??l/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

cymbal m (definite singular cymbalen, indefinite plural cymbalar, definite plural cymbalane)

1. alternative spelling of symbal

Swedish

Noun

cymbal c

1. cymbal
2. dulcimer

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• zil

Etymology

From Turkish zil.

Noun

zill (plural zills)

1. One of a set of small finger cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances.

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