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tympana

English

Noun

tympana

  1. plural of tympanum

Latin

Noun

tympana

  1. nominative plural of tympanum
  2. accusative plural of tympanum
  3. vocative plural of tympanum

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tympana n

  1. indefinite plural of tympanon
  2. indefinite plural of tympanum (non-standard since 2005)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tympana n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of tympanon
  2. (non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of tympanon

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tympany

English

Etymology

Coined based on Ancient Greek ???????? (túmpanon).

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: timpani, tympani

Noun

tympany (countable and uncountable, plural tympanies)

  1. The sound made by beating a drum.
  2. (medicine) Tympanites (distention of the abdomen).
  3. Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
    • 1682, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
      Thine's a tympany of sense.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of De Quincey to this entry?)

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