different between timple vs tiple

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mp?l

Noun

timple (plural timples)

1. A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.

Anagrams

• limpet

English

Etymology

From Spanish tiple.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?.ple?/

Noun

tiple (plural tiples)

1. (music) Any of several kinds of small, plucked stringed-instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations.

Usage notes

The most prominent of the tiple instruments in English writing is the Colombian version of the instrument -- the Colombian tiple -- and it is that one which is probably referred to if the context doesn't specify it. The other instruments called tiple are largely unrelated to the Colombian version. See Appendix:Glossary of chordophones for a more detailed explanation.

Anagrams

• -ptile

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Old Spanish triple, based on dividing the human voices into bass, tenor and soprano, the latter being the highest. See modern Spanish triple.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tiple/, [?t?i.ple]

Noun

tiple m (plural tiples)

1. treble guitar, a small plucked stringed instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations
2. treble guitar player
3. soprano, treble (voice, singer)
4. (nautical) single-piece mast

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN