Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - timbre
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Timbre
timbre
also timber noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, bell struck by a hammer, from Old French, drum, from Middle Greek tymbanon kettledrum, from Greek tympanon — more at tympanum Date: 1845 the quality given to a sound by its overtones: as a. the resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound b. the quality of tone distinctive of a particular singing voice or musical instrument • timbral adjective
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n. the distinctive character of a musical sound or voice apart from its pitch and intensity. Etymology: F f. Rmc f. med.Gk timbanon f. Gk tumpanon drum ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(timbres) The timbre of someone’s voice or of a musical instrument is the particular quality of sound that it has. (FORMAL) His voice had a deep timbre... The timbre of the violin is far richer than that of the mouth organ. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1849, from Fr. timbre "quality of a sound," earlier "sound of a bell," from O.Fr., "bell without a clapper," originally "drum," probably via Medieval Gk. *timbanon, from Gk. tympanon "kettledrum." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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