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Plural of cymbal

regular plural

The plural of cymbal is cymbals.

Forms of cymbal

Singularcymbal /ˈsɪmbəl/
Pluralcymbals /ˈsɪmbəlz/
Countablecountable

Cymbals in a sentence

  • The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.From the entry crash
  • Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!From the entry sweet
  • Many types of cymbals and drums are untuned.From the entry untuned
  • Apols if this letter is a disarray, but my head is like a drum made of cymbals.2013, Robert Hudson, The Dazzle, Jonathan Cape, published 2013, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry apols
  • Wilson began tapping his toms and cymbals in a halting pattern.2008 April 3, Nate Chinen, “Composing on the Spot, With Help From a Master”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov…. From the entry pendulumlike

Meaning of cymbal

  1. 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.

Full definition of cymbal

Questions about the plural of cymbal

What is the plural of cymbal?
The plural of cymbal is cymbals.
Is cymbal countable?
Cymbal is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cymbal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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