timbre

/ˈtimbɾe/ · B1 · noun · m

bell

timbre — bell

🔔 Same word as English timbre, the ring of a sound; a timbre is what rings

From French timbre, a struck bell, which goes back to Greek tympanon, drum. English kept the sound-quality sense; Spanish kept the bell itself. Tocar el timbre = ring the doorbell.

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