tímpano

Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”).

tímpano m (plural tímpanos)

1. (anatomy) eardrum; tympanum (membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear)

   Synonym: ouvido

2. (music) kettledrum (large drum with a tunable drumhead)
3. (architecture) tympanum (space between the sides of a pediment)
4. (biology) tympanum (hearing organ of some amphibians and insects)
5. the part of a bell that is struck by the clapper

• tympano (obsolete)

• “tímpano” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

From Latin tympanum, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon). Doublet of timbre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimpano/ [ˈt̪ĩm.pa.no]
• Rhymes: -impano
• Syllabification: tím‧pa‧no

tímpano m (plural tímpanos)

1. eardrum
2. drum

   Synonym: tambor

3. tympanum

• “tímpano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014