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tambou

tambou noun: a type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin.

Noun

tambou (plural tambous)

  1. A type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin.

Forms of tambou

pluraltambous

Origin of tambou

From Haitian Creole, variant of tanbou.

Questions about tambou

What does tambou mean?
Tambou means a type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin.
What part of speech is tambou?
Tambou is a noun.
What is the plural of tambou?
The plural of tambou is tambous.

Words near tambou in the dictionary

  1. tamborito
  2. tambos
  3. tamboti
  4. tambotrika
  5. tambotrikas
  6. tambou
  7. tambouki
  8. tambour
  9. tambour lace
  10. tambour laces
  11. tamboura

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