How to pronounce timbale
American English pronunciation
TIM-bul
- IPA
- /ˈtɪmbəl/
- Syllables
- TIM · bul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- tam-BAHL
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What timbale means
A dish baked in a drum-shaped mold
In a sentence: The chef turned the rice timbale out of its mold, and it stood on the plate like a little drum.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French, where timbale also means a kind of drum, the shape of the mold it is baked in.
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