How do you pronounce cymbal?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪmbəl/.

Where does cymbal come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

cymbal

/ˈsɪmbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: cym-bal
IPA: /ˈsɪmbəl/

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Meaning

noun

A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.

Example Sentences

"The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries and fifes, Tabours and cymbals and the shouting Romans, Make the sun dance."
"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."
"Trumpets and Drums shall fright her from the Throne, As sounding Cymbals aid the lab'ring Moon."
"I see the Crusaders' tumultuous armies—hark, how the cymbals clang […]"

Etymology

From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal, cimbala and Old French cimbale, both from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον (kúmbalon), from κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”). See also chime.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: cymbal, cimbal, cimbale, cymbalum

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

cymbals (plural)

Derived Forms

cymbalist cymballike

Phrases

China cymbal Chinese cymbal clash cymbal crash cymbal finger cymbal flying cymbal pang cymbal ride cymbal

Homonyms

symbol cimbal

Rhymes With

symbol nimble kimball trimble thimble kimble gimbel kimbel gimbal abu simbel gimble limbal