How to pronounce timpani
American English pronunciation
TIM-puh-nee
- IPA
- /ˈtɪmpəni/
- Syllables
- TIM · puh · nee (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What timpani means
The large kettle-shaped drums of an orchestra
In a sentence: The timpani boomed like thunder at the end of the symphony.
Where it comes from: It's the Italian plural of timpano, a word for drum, which goes back through Latin to a Greek word meaning "to strike."
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