cymbal
pronunciation
How to pronounce cymbal in British English:
UK [ˈsɪmbl]
How to pronounce cymbal in American English:
US [ˈsɪmbəl]
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- Noun:
- a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
Word Origin
- cymbal
- cymbal: [14] The notion underlying cymbal is of a ‘hollow vessel’. Greek kúmbē meant ‘cup, bowl’. From it was derived kúmbalon, which passed via Latin cymbalum into Old French as cimbal ‘metal plate struck to make a noise’. This did not survive much beyond the 10th century (although it may have given rise before its demise to chime), but the word was reborrowed via Old French symbale in the 14th century.=> chime
- cymbal (n.)
- from Old English cimbal and from Old French cymbale (13c.), both from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kymbalon "a cymbal," from kymbe "bowl, drinking cup."
Example
- 1. I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal .
- 2. Snare drum stand cymbal stand lot of 2 drum hardware .
- 3. I pray that I do display his love and am not a " clanging cymbal " .
- 4. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels but do not have love , I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal .
- 5. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels , and have not charity , I am become as sounding brass , or a tinkling cymbal .