Tambourine

Noun

 * 1) a percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is usually held in the hand and shaken rhythmically.

Derived terms

 * tambourinist

Thesaurus
bongo drum, conga, drum, drumhead, drumskin, drumstick, jazz stick, kettle, kettledrum, membranophone, side drum, snare, snare drum, tabor, taboret, tabret, tam-tam, tenor drum, timbrel, timpani, tom-tom, troll-drum, tymp stick, tympan, tympanon, tympanum, war drum

Etymology
from French tambourin (lit., "little drum"), in turn from tambour (drum)

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: dare
 * Finnish:
 * French: tambour de basque
 * German: Tamburin
 * Greek:


 * Irish: tambóirín
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese: tamborim ; pandeiro
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, тамбурин
 * Spanish:, pandero
 * Vietnamese: trống lục lạc, trống prôvăng