timpani

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Borrowed from Italian timpani, plural of timpano (“drum”), from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, I hit”).

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timpani (usually uncountable, plural timpanis)

  1. (plural only, music) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.

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Italian

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timpani m

  1. plural of timpano

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