Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tambou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tam-bou
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin.

Etymology

From Haitian Creole, variant of tanbou.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

tambous (plural)

Questions

What does tambou mean?: A type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin.
Where does tambou come from?: From Haitian Creole, variant of tanbou.

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