cymbal
/ˈsɪmbəl/
cymbal noun: a concave plate of metal, usually 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.
Noun
cymbal (plural cymbals)
- A concave plate of metal, usually 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.
- The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries and fifes,
Tabours and cymbals and the shouting Romans,
Make the sun dance.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]... - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 13
- The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries and fifes,
cymbal meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
cymbal in Hindi
- concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck
- झाँझ jhāñjh
cymbal in Marathi
- cymbal
- झांज jhāñja
cymbal in Bengali
- একটি বাদ্যযন্ত্র
cymbal in Malayalam
- ഇലത്താളം, കൈമണി
More languagesFewer languages
- cymbal in Kannada
- ದೊಡ್ಡ ತಾಳ, ಝಲ್ಲರಿ, ಒಂದು ಸಂಗೀತದ ವಾದ್ಯ
- cymbal in Sanskrit
- ताल tāla
- cymbal in Assamese
- তাল tal
- cymbal in Tagalog
- pompiyang
- cymbal in Arabic
- صَنْج ṣanj
- cymbal in Persian
- سنج senj, چلپ čalap
- cymbal in Thai
- ฉาบ chàap
- cymbal in Vietnamese
- chũm choẹ
- cymbal in Myanmar
- ခွက်ခွင်း hkwakhkwang:
Examples of cymbal in a sentence
- The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
- Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!
- Many types of cymbals and drums are untuned.
Forms of cymbal
| plural | cymbals |
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Origin of cymbal
From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal, cimbala and Old French cimbale, both from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon), from κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”). See also chime.
Words formed from cymbal
Words that rhyme with cymbal
Questions about cymbal
- What does cymbal mean?
- Cymbal means a concave plate of metal, usually 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.
- What is cymbal in Hindi?
- Cymbal in Hindi is झाँझ (jhāñjh). See Cymbal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cymbal?
- Cymbal is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cymbal?
- Cymbal is pronounced /ˈsɪmbəl/.
- What is the plural of cymbal?
- The plural of cymbal is cymbals.
Words near cymbal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cymbal (page history and authors); झांज (Marathi) (page history and authors); cymbal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cymbal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cymbal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ताल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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