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tintinnabulate

tintinnabulate verb: to ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like bells.

Verb

tintinnabulate (third-person singular simple present tintinnabulates, present participle tintinnabulating, simple past and past participle tintinnabulated)

  1. To ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like bells.

Forms of tintinnabulate

third-person singular presenttintinnabulates
present participletintinnabulating
past participletintinnabulated
pasttintinnabulated

Origin of tintinnabulate

From Latin tintinnabulatus (“furnished with a bell or bells”), from tintinnabulum ("a bell"). Akin to tinnitus.

Questions about tintinnabulate

What does tintinnabulate mean?
Tintinnabulate means to ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like bells.
What part of speech is tintinnabulate?
Tintinnabulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of tintinnabulate?
The past tense of tintinnabulate is tintinnabulated.

Words near tintinnabulate in the dictionary

  1. Tintinhull
  2. tintinnabula
  3. tintinnabular
  4. tintinnabularies
  5. tintinnabulary
  6. tintinnabulate
  7. tintinnabulated
  8. tintinnabulates
  9. tintinnabulating
  10. tintinnabulation
  11. tintinnabulations

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