Speakur

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tamburello

/tɑmbʊɹˈɛloʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
tam-bu-rel-lo
IPA
/tɑmbʊɹˈɛloʊ/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several Italian ball games resembling squash or tennis, the players striking the ball with a tambourine-like implement.

Uncountable

name

A surname from Italian.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Italian tamburo Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Italian -ello Italian tamburellobor. English tamburello Borrowed from Italian tamburello (“tambourine”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Tamburellos (plural) Tamborello (alternative)

Rhymes With

fellow yellow mellow cello costello melo marcelo bello othello belo jello monticello

Questions

How do you pronounce tamburello?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɑmbʊɹˈɛloʊ/.
What does tamburello mean?
Any of several Italian ball games resembling squash or tennis, the players striking the ball with a tambourine-like implement.
Where does tamburello come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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