tamburello

See also: Tamburello and tamburellò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tamburello (tambourine).

Noun

tamburello (uncountable)

  1. 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

From tamburo +‎ -ello.

Noun

tamburello m (plural tamburelli)

  1. (music) tambourine
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: tamburello

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tamburello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tamburellare