# tambor
## Bourguignon
### Noun

tambor m (plural tambors)
* drum

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تابول (ṭabbúl), hypocorism/diminutive of Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [təmˈbo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [tamˈboɾ]

### Noun

tambor m (plural tambors)
* drum

#### Synonyms

* (musical instrument): timbal

#### Derived terms

* tambora
* tamborer
* tamboret
* tamborí

### Further reading

* “tambor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese atambor (“Moor drum”), from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tamˈboɾ/

### Noun

tambor m (plural tambores)
* drum (percussive musical instrument)
    Synonym: caixa
* drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
* hood (device to suck away smokes and fumes)
* cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “atambor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “atambor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “atanbor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tambor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tambor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tambor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Persian طُنْبُور, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tamˈbuɾ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tambor m (plural tambors)
* drum

#### Derived terms

* tamborin
* tambornar
* tambornièr
* tambornet

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* atambor, atambôr (obsolete)
* tambôr (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); cognate to Persian طبل (“drum”), Spanish and Galician tambor.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tɐ̃ˈboʁ/ [tɐ̃ˈboh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tɐ̃ˈboʁ/ [tɐ̃ˈboh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tɐ̃ˈboɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tɐ̃ˈboʁ/ [tɐ̃ˈboχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tɐ̃ˈboɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐ̃ˈboɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐ̃ˈboɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɐ̃ˈbo.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: tam‧bor

### Noun

tambor m (plural tambores)
* (music) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument)
    Hyponyms: bongô, caixa, sarol, tamborim, tarol, tímpano, tom-tom
* drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
** drum (a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquids)
    Synonym: tonel
** (firearms) cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
    Synonym: cilindro
** tumbler (movable obstruction in a lock)
** the revolving drum of a concrete mixer
* (architecture) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)
* (South Brazil) cockpit (an enclosure for cockfights)

#### Derived terms

* tamborada
* tamboreiro
* tamborejar
* tamborete
* tamboril
* tamborilar
* tamborim

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* atambor (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تابول (ṭabbūl), hypocorism/diminutive of Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tamˈboɾ/ [t̪ãmˈboɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: tam‧bor

### Noun

tambor m (plural tambores)
* drum
* drum-shaped piece, part or device
* (architecture) drum (wall that supports a dome)

#### Derived terms

* freno de tambor
* tambora
* tambores de guerra
* tamborete
* tamboril
* tamborilear
* tamborín

### See also

* batería
* percusión

### Further reading

* “tambor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10