kettledrum

See also: kettle-drum and kettle drum

English

a kettledrum

Alternative forms

Etymology

kettle +‎ drum

Noun

kettledrum (plural kettledrums)

(music) A large hemispherical brass percussion instrument (one of the timpani) with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting its tension.
(dated) An informal social party at which a light collation is offered, held in the afternoon or early evening.

Synonyms

timpanum

Translations

percussion instrument

Armenian: գոս (hy) (gos)
Middle Armenian: գոս (gos)
Catalan: timbala (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定音鼓 (zh) (dìngyīngǔ)
Czech: tympán (cs) m
Dutch: pauk (nl) m or f
Esperanto: timbalo
Finnish: patarumpu (fi)
Georgian: დაფდაფი (ka) (dapdapi), ლიტავრა (liṭavra)
German: Kesselpauke f
Hungarian: üstdob (hu)

Icelandic: páka f (usually in plural form: pákur)
Ido: timbalo (io)
Irish: citealdruma m, tiompán m
Italian: timpano (it)
Kannada: ಪರ್ರಹ (parraha)
Persian: کوس‎ (fa) (kōs)
Portuguese: tímpano (pt) m
Russian: лита́вра (ru) f (litávra)
Spanish: tímpano (es) m, tímpanos (es) m pl
Tagalog: atabal
Telugu: ఢంకా (te) (ḍhaṅkā)
Volapük: timpun (vo)

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