kettledrum

See also: kettle-drum and kettle drum

English

a kettledrum

Alternative forms

kettle drum, kettle-drum

Etymology

kettle +‎ drum

Pronunciation

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Noun

kettledrum (plural kettledrums)

(music) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.
Synonym: timpanum
(dated) An informal social party at which a light snack is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.

Derived terms

kettledrummer

Translations

percussion instrument

Armenian: գոս (hy) (gos)
Middle Armenian: գոս (gos)
Bulgarian: тимпан m (timpan)
Catalan: timbala (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定音鼓 (zh) (dìngyīngǔ)
Czech: tympán (cs) m
Danish: pauke c
Dutch: pauk (nl) m or f
Esperanto: timbalo
Finnish: patarumpu (fi)
French: timbale (fr) f
Georgian: დაფდაფი (ka) (dapdapi), ლიტავრა (liṭavra)
German: Kesselpauke (de) f, Pauke (de) f
Hungarian: üstdob (hu)
Icelandic: páka f (usually in plural form: pákur)
Ido: timbalo (io)
Irish: citealdruma m, tiompán m
Italian: timpano (it)
Kannada: ಪರ್ರಹ (parraha)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pauke m

Nynorsk: pauke m
Ottoman Turkish: كوس (küs)
Persian: کوس (fa) (kôs)
Polish: kocioł (pl) m
Portuguese: tímpano (pt) m, timbale m
Russian: лита́вра (ru) f (litávra)
Spanish: tímpano (es) m, tímpanos (es) m pl
Tagalog: atabal
Telugu: ఢంకా (te) (ḍhaṅkā)
Volapük: timpun (vo)

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