tintinnabulation
/ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃən/US/ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən/
tintinnabulation noun: a tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
Noun
tintinnabulation (countable and uncountable, plural tintinnabulations)
- A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
- Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth (hardback), Duckworth, page 20
- The ringing of bells.
- Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells —
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells
- Keeping time, time, time,
Forms of tintinnabulation
| plural | tintinnabulations |
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Origin of tintinnabulation
Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”).
Questions about tintinnabulation
- What does tintinnabulation mean?
- Tintinnabulation means a tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
- What part of speech is tintinnabulation?
- Tintinnabulation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tintinnabulation?
- Tintinnabulation is pronounced /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of tintinnabulation?
- The plural of tintinnabulation is tintinnabulations.
Words near tintinnabulation in the dictionary
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