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tibicines

UK/tɪˈbaɪsɪniːz/

tibicines is the plural of tibicen.

Meaning of tibicen

Noun

tibicen (plural tibicines)

  1. (rare, chiefly Roman Antiquities) A flute-player; a piper, flautist.
    • When the Lacedaemonians went to battle a Tibicen played soft and soothing music to temper their courage.1776, Charles Burney, chapter X, in A General History of Music, volume I, published 1789, page 173
    Synonyms:
    aulete, tibicinist

Origin of tibicines

From the Latin tībīcinēs, the nominative plural form of tībīcen, whence tibicen.

Questions about tibicines

What is tibicines the plural of?
Tibicines is the plural of tibicen.
How do you pronounce tibicines?
Tibicines is pronounced /tɪˈbaɪsɪniːz/ (UK).

Words near tibicines in the dictionary

  1. tibialis
  2. tibialis anterior
  3. tibials
  4. tibias
  5. tibicen
  6. tibicines
  7. tibicinist
  8. tibicinists
  9. tibicos
  10. Tibig
  11. tibiiform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tibicines (page history and authors); tibicen (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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