different between timbre vs timbric

English

Etymology

From French timbre, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tympanum.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: t?m'b?(r), IPA^(key): /?tæmb?(?)/
• (General American) enPR: t?m'b?r, t?m'b?r, IPA^(key): /?tæm.b?/, /?t?m.b?/
• Homophone: timber (for one of the above US pronunciations)
• Rhymes: -æmb?(?)

Noun

timbre (countable and uncountable, plural timbres)

1. The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
2. The pitch of a sound as heard by the ear, described relative to its absolute pitch.

3. (heraldry) The crest on a coat of arms.

Translations

Further reading

• timbre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• betrim, biterm, timber

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French timbre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?tim.b??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?tim.b?e/

Noun

timbre m (plural timbres)

1. (heraldry) timbre
2. (music) timbre
3. doorbell

Further reading

• “timbre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French timbre, via Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek ???????? (túmpanon, “drum”). Less likely a direct descendant of Latin tympanum. Doublet of tympan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??b?/

Noun

timbre m (plural timbres)

1. small bell
2. (postage) stamp, postage stamp
3. stamp (mark)
4. (music) timbre

Derived terms

• timbrer

Descendants

• ? Hausa: tambur

Further reading

• “timbre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “timbre”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

timbre m (plural timbres)

1. postage stamp

   Synonym: sagèl

2. timbre (quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume)

Old French

Noun

timbre m (oblique plural timbres, nominative singular timbres, nominative plural timbre)

1. timbrel

Portuguese

Noun

timbre m (plural timbres)

1. timbre (quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume)
2. seal (pattern, design)

   Synonyms: selo, sinete

3. (heraldry) crest

Verb

timbre

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of timbrar

   É importante que eu timbre isso.

   It’s important that I stamp this.

2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of timbrar

   É importante que ele timbre isso.

   It’s important that he stamps this.

3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of timbrar

   Você aí, timbre isso sozinho.

   You there, stamp this by yourself.

4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of timbrar

   Você aí, não timbre isso sozinho.

   You there, don’t stamp this by yourself.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?timb?e/, [?t??m.b?e]
• Rhymes: -imb?e

Etymology 1

From French timbre (“quality of a sound; sound of a bell”), from Old French timbre (“bell without a clapper, drum”), via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek ???????? (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tímpano.

Noun

timbre m (plural timbres)

1. bell

   Synonym: campana

2. doorbell
3. stamp

   Synonym: sello

4. postmark

   Synonym: matasellos

5. seal

   Synonym: sello

6. timbre

Hyponyms

• timbre fiscal (“revenue stamp, fiscal stamp”)

Related terms

• timbrar
• timbrazo

Etymology 2

Verb

timbre

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of timbrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of timbrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of timbrar.

Further reading

• “timbre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• timbre (acústica) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• timbre (canto) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish timbre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tim?bre

Noun

tímbre

1. buzzer; button
2. doorbell
3. seal; stamp

Derived terms

English

Etymology

timbre +? -ic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmb??k

Adjective

timbric (comparative more timbric, superlative most timbric)

1. (art, music) Of or pertaining to timbre

Translations