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Plural of tambourine

regular plural

The plural of tambourine is tambourines.

Forms of tambourine

Singulartambourine /ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/
Pluraltambourines
Countablecountable

Tambourines in a sentence

  • Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves, page 78. From the entry tame

Meaning of tambourine

  1. noun A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
  2. noun A tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria).
  3. noun A kind of Provençal dance.

Full definition of tambourine

Questions about the plural of tambourine

What is the plural of tambourine?
The plural of tambourine is tambourines.
Is tambourine countable?
Tambourine is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tambourine (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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