tímpano

See also: timpano

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tympano (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of timbre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.pa.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.pa.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.pa.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtĩ.pɐ.nu/

• Hyphenation: tím‧pa‧no

Noun

tímpano m (plural tímpanos)

1. (anatomy) eardrum; tympanum (membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear)

   Synonym: ouvido

2. (music) kettledrum (large drum with a tunable drumhead)
3. (architecture) tympanum (space between the sides of a pediment)
4. (biology) tympanum (hearing organ of some amphibians and insects)
5. the part of a bell that is struck by the clapper

Derived terms

• timpanal
• timpaneiro
• timpânico
• timpanista

Further reading

• “tímpano” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon). Doublet of timbre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimpano/ [ˈt̪ĩm.pa.no]
• Rhymes: -impano
• Syllabification: tím‧pa‧no

Noun

tímpano m (plural tímpanos)

1. tympanum, eardrum
2. drum

   Synonym: tambor

Derived terms

• tensor del tímpano

Further reading

• “tímpano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10