different between kettledrum vs atabal

English

Alternative forms

• kettle drum
• kettle-drum

Etymology

kettle +? drum

Noun

kettledrum (plural kettledrums)

1. (music) A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension.
2. (dated) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.

Synonyms

• timpanum

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish atabal, from Arabic ????????? (a?-?abl, “drum”), ??????? (?abala, “to drum”). Compare tabor, tymbal, tabla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æt?b??l/

Noun

atabal (plural atabals)

1. A kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.

Anagrams

• albata, balata

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ????????? (a?-?abl, “drum”), ??????? (?abala, “to drum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ata?bal/, [a.t?a???al]

Noun

atabal m (plural atabales)

1. atabal

Descendants

• ? English: atabal

Further reading

• “atabal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.