cimbalom
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFromHungariancimbalom.Doublet ofcymbal.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcimbalom (pluralcimbaloms)
- A type of concerthammered dulcimer used primarily in the music of Central and Eastern Europe.
- 2007 September 17, Bernard Holland, “Cryptic Messages or Silence From the ’60s Avant-Garde”, inNew York Times[1]:
- Either/Or, including Anthony Burr, clarinetist; Jane Rigler, flutist; and Richard Carrick and David Shively, percussionists, also employed thecimbalom, the Hungarian pianolike mutant whose twang remains familiar to boozy evenings in late-night Central European bars.
Translations
edittype of concert hammered dulcimer
Further reading
editHungarian
edit cimbalom on Hungarian Wikipedia
Etymology
editBorrowed fromLatincymbalum(“cymbal”), fromAncient Greekκύμβαλον(kúmbalon). First attested after 1416.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcimbalom (pluralcimbalmok)
Declension
editpossessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | cimbalmom | cimbalmaim |
2nd person sing. | cimbalmod | cimbalmaid |
3rd person sing. | cimbalma | cimbalmai |
1st person plural | cimbalmunk | cimbalmaink |
2nd person plural | cimbalmotok | cimbalmaitok |
3rd person plural | cimbalmuk | cimbalmaik |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^cimbalom in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.).Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006,→ISBN. (See alsoits 2nd edition.)
Further reading
edit- cimbalom inGéza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
- cimbalom inNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).
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