timple
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish timple, from tiple, of uncertain etymology.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪmpəl
Noun
[edit]timple (plural timples)
- 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
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]timple m (plural timples)
- Alternative form of tiple
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: timple
Further reading
[edit]- “timple”, 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
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