tam-tam

See also: tamtam and Tamtam

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

tam-tam (plural tam-tams)

1. (music) A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer.

Translations

flat gong

• Catalan: tam-tam (ca) m
• Esperanto: tamtamo
• French: tamtam (fr) m, tam-tam (fr) m
• German: Tamtam (de) n
• Italian: tam-tam (it) m
• Polish: tam-tam (pl) m
• Romanian: tam-tam (ro) n

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Verb

tam-tam (third-person singular simple present tam-tams, present participle tam-tamming, simple past and past participle tam-tammed)

1. (intransitive, dated) To beat on a drum.

See also

• tom-tom

French

Alternative forms

• tamtam (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Onomatopoetic. Compare English tom-tom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam.tam/

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Noun

tam-tam m (plural tam-tams or tams-tams)

1. tam-tam

Further reading

• “tam-tam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamˈtam/
• Rhymes: -am

Noun

tam-tam m (invariable)

1. (music) tam-tam
2. (music) tom-tom
3. bush telegraph, grapevine (unofficial news channel)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tam-tam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam.ˈtam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: tam‧tam

Noun

tam-tam n (plural tam-tamuri)

1. tam-tam
2. big noise

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tam-tam	tam-tamul		tam-tamuri	tam-tamurile
genitive-dative	tam-tam	tam-tamului		tam-tamuri	tam-tamurilor
vocative	tam-tamule			tam-tamurilor