Cymbal

Noun



 * 1)  a concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.

Derived terms

 * cymbalist

Adjectives
tinkling; brazen; clashing; vibrating; jubilant; sounding; heartful.

Thesaurus
apple fritter, battery, beignet, beignet aux pommes, bells, bismarck, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cruller, cymbals, doughnut, fastnacht, finger cymbals, friedcake, fritter, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone, olykoek, orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, raised doughnut, rattle, rattlebones, sinker, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam, tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, twister, vibes, vibraphone, xylophone

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:, ,
 * Bulgarian: чинел
 * Catalan: platerets
 * Chinese: 鐃鈸, 铙钹 (náo bó)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: cembalo
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 제금 (jegeum), 바라 (bara)
 * Polish:
 * Russian: тарелки
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: цимбал, цимбало, тас
 * Roman: cimbal, cimbalo, tas
 * Slovene: činela
 * Spanish: címbalo
 * Swedish: ,

Noun

 * 1) cymbal
 * 2) dulcimer