different between tympan vs tampan

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tympanum.

Noun

tympan (plural tympans)

1. (printing) A piece of cloth padding placed under the platen of a letterpress to distribute the pressure on the sheet being printed.
2. (music) The stretched membrane of a drum.
3. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with such a membrane at each end.
4. (architecture) A tympanum.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tympanum. Doublet of timbre, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.p??/

Noun

tympan m (plural tympans)

1. (anatomy) eardrum
2. (anatomy) middle ear
3. (architecture) tympanum
4. (historical) treadwheel, treadmill
5. (by extension) hydraulic wheel
6. (dated or literary, music) various percussion instruments, such as gongs, tympans, tambourines, etc.
7. (printing) tympan

Derived terms

• tympanique

Further reading

• “tympan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology 1

Noun

tampan (plural tampans or tampan)

1. A type of cloth from Indonesia.

Etymology 2

Etymology obscure, probably from Tswana tampane.

Noun

tampan (plural tampans)

1. Any of many species in the family Argasidae, the soft ticks.

References

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay tampan, from Classical Malay tampan (“handsome”).

Adjective

tampan (plural tampan-tampan)

1. good-looking, handsome, personable, dashing, sharp, smart, splendid (used especially of males)
2. appropriate, fitting

Synonyms

• bagus, cakap, cantik, gagah, ganteng, rupawan

Etymology 2

From tampang.

Noun

tampan (first-person possessive tampanku, second-person possessive tampanmu, third-person possessive tampannya)

1. visage, mien, face
2. posture, stature

Tausug

Noun

tampan

1. covering