timbre

From French timbre, ultimately from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”).

• (UK) enPR: tăm'bə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈtæmbə(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: tăm'bər, tĭm'bər, IPA^(key): /ˈtæm.bɚ/, /ˈtɪm.bɚ/

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• Homophone: timber (for one of the above US pronunciations)

timbre (countable and uncountable, plural timbres)

1. The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 7:

     It was a hard whisper to catch at first, since the grey moustache concealed all movements of the lips, and something in its timbre disturbed me greatly; but by concentrating my attention I could soon make out its purport surprisingly well.

2. (heraldry) The crest on a coat of arms.

• betrim, timber

Borrowed from French timbre

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtim.bɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtim.bɾe/

timbre m (plural timbres)

1. (heraldry) timbre
2. (music) timbre
3. doorbell

From Old French timbre, via Byzantine Greek, from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Less likely a direct descendant of Latin tympanum. Doublet of tympan.

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃bʁ/

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timbre m (plural timbres)

1. small bell
2. (postage) stamp, postage stamp
3. stamp (mark)
4. (music) timbre

• timbrer

• “timbre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• “timbre” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

timbre m (oblique plural timbres, nominative singular timbres, nominative plural timbre)

1. timbrel

timbre m (plural timbres)

1. timbre (quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume)
2. seal (pattern, design)
3. (heraldry) crest

• (seal): selo, sinete

timbre

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of timbrar

   É importante que eu timbre isso.

   It’s important that I stamp this.

2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of timbrar

   É importante que ele timbre isso.

   It’s important that he stamps this.

3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of timbrar

   Você aí, timbre isso sozinho.

   You there, stamp this by yourself.

4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of timbrar

   Você aí, não timbre isso sozinho.

   You there, don’t stamp this by yourself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtim.bɾe/
• Rhymes: -imbɾe

From French timbre (“quality of a sound; sound of a bell”), from Old French timbre "bell without a clapper, drum", via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”).

timbre m (plural timbres)

1. bell
2. doorbell
3. stamp
4. postmark
5. seal
6. timbre

• (bell): campana
• (stamp): sello
• (postmark): matasellos
• (seal): sello

• timbrar
• timbrazo

timbre

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of timbrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of timbrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of timbrar.