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adufe

adufe noun: a traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.

Noun

adufe (plural adufes)

  1. A traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.
    • A feature of Beira Baixa music, and found elsewhere too, is the adufe.1999, Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 227
    • [...] we can identify the following rhythmic sesquialtera pattern in the melody played on the violin and the adufe drum, which make the connection ...2005, Sergio Navarrete Pellicer, Maya Achi Marimba Music in Guatemala with CD (Audio), Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 100

Forms of adufe

pluraladufes

Origin of adufe

From Portuguese adufe.

Questions about adufe

What does adufe mean?
Adufe means a traditional square tambourine, found in Portugal and elsewhere, of Moorish origin.
What part of speech is adufe?
Adufe is a noun.
What is the plural of adufe?
The plural of adufe is adufes.

Words near adufe in the dictionary

  1. aduantages
  2. ADUC
  3. aducanumab
  4. aduenture
  5. aduentures
  6. adufe
  7. adufes
  8. Aduge
  9. aduice
  10. aduise
  11. aduki

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