tambur

tambur (plural tamburs)

1. Alternative form of tambour (“type of drum”).

From French timbre.

• IPA^(key): /tám.bùr/

tambùr̃ m

1. (Niger) postage stamp

   Synonyms: kan-sarki, (Nigeria) sitampi

From Dutch tamboer, from French tambour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtambʊr/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bur
• Rhymes: -bʊr, -ʊr, -r

tambur (plural tambur-tambur)

1. (music) tambour: A small shallow drum

• “tambur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from French tambour.

tambur n (plural tambure)

1. tambour, drum

Borrowed from French tambour.

• IPA^(key): /tǎmbuːr/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bur

tàmbūr m inan (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбӯр)

1. (music, expressive) drum
2. (architecture) tambour

• IPA^(key): /tǎmbuːr/
• Hyphenation: tam‧bur

tàmbūr m inan (Cyrillic spelling та̀мбӯр)

1. alternative form of tànbūr

• “tambur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “tambur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Derived from French tambour.

• IPA^(key): /tamˈbʉːr/

tambur ?

1. (architecture) tholobate
2. (architecture) the wind protection made up of screens and doors just inside an entrance, especially in larger halls or churches
3. (architecture, slightly archaic) entryway; a heated room just inside the entrance of a home to hang up outerwear

   Synonyms: hall, kapprum

   Coordinate terms: förstuga, farstu, vestibul

4. (architecture) the construction surrounding a spiral staircase
5. (military, defense) small non-covered defense barrier for fortress entrances and bridges or as a flanking device
6. (naval) small extension of warship for lighter cannon or floodlight
7. (stitching) tambour
8. (stitching) embroidery similar to chain stitch

   Synonym: tambursöm

9. (real tennis) tambour

• tamburmajor

• tambur in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker