timple
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish timple, from tiple, of uncertain etymology.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪmpəl
Noun
timple (plural timples)
- A traditional musical instrument of the Canary Islands and Murcia, having four or more commonly five strings, and similar in size to a ukulele but with a distinctive semi-round back.
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtimple/ [ˈt̪ĩm.ple]
- Rhymes: -imple
- Syllabification: tim‧ple
Noun
timple m (plural timples)
- alternative form of tiple
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: timple
Further reading
- “timple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024