tamburello
See also: Tamburello and tamburellò
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian tamburello (“tambourine”).
Noun
tamburello (uncountable)
- Any of several Italian ball games resembling squash or tennis, the players striking the ball with a tambourine-like implement.
- 2013, Gerald R. Gems, Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity, page 2:
- Exhibition tamburello matches were then arranged with British and local American athletes as charity fund-raisers […]
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tam.buˈrɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: tam‧bu‧rèl‧lo
Etymology 1
Noun
tamburello m (plural tamburelli)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: tamburello
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
tamburello
- first-person singular present indicative of tamburellare