tambourine English · revision 837

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|tambourin|t=small drum]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) a diminutive of [[frm|tambour|t=drum]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) French ''tambour'' is an alteration of Old French ''tabour'' (see [[tabor]]), influenced by Arabic ''ṭunbūr'', the name of a kind of lute.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A small drum (1579).^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ French ''tambourin'' meant a long, narrow drum used in Provence, while the modern instrument corresponds to French ''tambour de basque''.^(Etymonline) The sense history is unclear, and in the 17th and early 18th centuries it is often hard to say which instrument is meant.^(Etymonline) The modern sense, a hoop with a parchment head and jingling metal discs, is attested from 1782.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Earlier English names for it were ''tambour de basque'', ''timbre'' and ''[[timbrel]]'', and Shakespeare has ''tabourine''.^(Etymonline) The word also names an African dove with a resonant call (1891).^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1579 – ''tamburin'', a small drum.^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1782 – the jingling hand drum.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1891 – ''tambourine pigeon''; verb, to play the tambourine.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small [[percussion]] instrument consisting of a shallow wooden or metal hoop with a [[drumhead]] stretched over one side and pairs of small metal [[jingle|alt=jingles]] set in the rim, played by shaking or striking with the hand.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tambourinist]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tabor]]

+ * [[tambour]]

+ * [[timbrel]]

+ * [[drum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}