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Definition: Tympanum |
TympanumNoun1. The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear. 2. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound. 3. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tympanum" was first used: 1619. (references) |
Etymology: Tympanum \Tym"pa*num\, noun; plural English Tympanums, from Latin expression Tympana. [Latin expression, kettledrum, drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in pediment, the panel of door, Greek expression from to strike, beat. See Type, and compare to Timbrel.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A water raising device in use in parts of Vietnam, operated in a manner very similar to that of improved paddle wheel but resembling more nearly the Egyptian sakia in construction and in principle of lifting the water. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | 1. loosely, the tympanic membrane (membrana tympani). 2. the tympanic cavity (cavitas tympanica). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The eardrum or tympanum is a thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear. The malleus bone connects the eardrum to the other ossicles.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Eardrum."
Synonyms: TympanumSynonyms: eardrum (n), kettle (n), kettledrum (n), middle ear (n), myringa (n), timpani (n), tympani (n), tympanic cavity (n), tympanic membrane (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: tympana (public administration, building & civil engineering). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Summit | Architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus, capital, epistyle, sconce, pediment, entablature; tympanum; ceiling; (covering). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tympanum |
| English words defined with "tympanum": Barrel of the ear ♦ Eustrachian tube ♦ Persian wheel, Post-tympanic ♦ Scoop wheel ♦ Tympana, tympanic bone, Tympano-, Tympanohyal, Tympanums. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tympanum": Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tympanum": Tympano. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tympanum" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (tympanum), German (tympanum), Latin (drum, revolving cylinder, small drum or like, tambourine, timbrel, timpani, tympanum). |
| "Tympanum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tympanum" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tympanum | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tympanum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vesh i mesëm, daulle e veshit (drum, eardrum). (various references) | |
Arabic | قلب القوصرة, طبلة التلفون (diaphragm, stop), طبلة الأذن (eardrum), طبلة (drum, kettledrum, tympan), الأذن الوسطى. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | средно ухо, тимпан (timpano). (various references) | |
Czech | tympanon, bubínek (drum, tambourine). (various references) | |
Danish | tympanum (rue tympan), tunnelportal, trommehinde (eardrum, ear-drum, tympanic membrane), cavitas tympanica. (various references) | |
Dutch | tympanum, tympaan, trommelvormig waterrad (rue tympan), trommelvlies (eardrum, ear-drum, tympanic membrane), kopmuur. (various references) | |
Finnish | päätykolmio (pediment). (various references) | |
French | tympan (tympan). (various references) | |
German | Mittelohr (middle ear, tympanic). (various references) | |
Greek | υδροτροχός μετά τυμπάνου (rue tympan), τύμπανο αρχιτεκτονικό, τύμπανο αυτιού (eardrum), τύμπανο του ωτόσ, τύμπανο (drum, eardrum, tambour, timpano). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תוף "אוזן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | dobhártya (drum-head, eardrum, tympana, tympanic membrane). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gendang telinga (eardrum). (various references) | |
Italian | timpano (drum, eardrum, gable, kettledrum, timbal). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 中耳 (middle ear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ちゅうじ (middle ear). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ympanumtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tímpano (drum, spandrel). (various references) | |
Romanian | timpan (drum, drumhead, eardrum, kettle drum, lunette). (various references) | |
Russian | среднее ухо (middle ear), барабанная полость, барабанная перепонка (eardrum, ear-drum). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | koritasto udubljenje u zidu, bubanj (drum, drumstick, kettle drum, kettledrum, tambour). (various references) | |
Spanish | tímpano (drum, eardrum). (various references) | |
Swedish | tympanum (rue tympan), tympanon. (various references) | |
Turkish | timpan, kulak zarı (drum, drumhead, eardrum, tympanic membrane), kulak davulu, alın (brow, forehead, front, frontal, frontlet, tympan). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | середн" вухо, барабан (barrel, beater, cylinder, drum, revolver, tambour). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | tympanon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | tympanum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 21, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AnalabonteV yalthrion kai kiqaran kai eufrainontai fwnh yalmou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tenent tympanum et citharam et gaudent ad sonitum organi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whether thenkest thou, that God be heyere than heuene, and ouer the cop of sterres he be heyed? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 21, Verse 12 |
| Albanian | Këndojnë në tingujt e timpanit dhe të qestes dhe kënaqen me zërin e flautit. |
| Cebuano | Sa atubangan sa magagmayng tambor ug alpa sila manag-awit, Ug sa tingog sa flauta sila managkasadya. |
| Croatian | Oni pjevaju uz harfe i bubnjeve i vesele se uz zvukove svirale. |
| Danish | de synger til Pauke og Citer, er glade til Fløjtens Toner; |
| Dutch | Zij heffen op met de trommel en de harp, en zij verblijden zich op het geluid des orgels. |
| Finnish | He virittävät laulujaan vaskirummun ja kanteleen kaikuessa ja iloitsevat huilun soidessa. |
| French | Ils chantent au son du tambourin et de la harpe, Ils se réjouissent au son du chalumeau. |
| German | Sie jauchzen mit Pauken und Harfen und sind fröhlich mit Flöten. |
| Haitian Creole | Y'ap chante, y'ap jwe gita, y'ap bat tanbou, y'ap danse pandan moun ap jwe fif pou yo. |
| Hungarian | Dobot és hárfát ragadnak, és örvendeznek a síp zengésének. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Diiringi bunyi rebana, seruling dan kecapi, mereka ramai bernyanyi dan menari-nari. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Mereka itu bermain rebana dan kecapi dan bersuka-sukaanlah dengan bunyi suling. |
| Italian | Cantano al suono di timpani e di cetre, si divertono al suono delle zampogne. |
| Maori | He hunga hapai ratou i te timipera, i te hapa, e koa ana ki te tangi o te okana. |
| Norwegian | De synger til tromme og citar, og de gleder sig ved fløitens lyd. |
| Portuguese | Levantam a voz, ao som do tamboril e da harpa, e regozijam-se ao som da flauta. |
| Rumanian | Ckntq cu sunet de tobq wi de arfq, se desfqteazq cu sunete de caval. |
| Spanish | Cantan al son del tamboril y del arpa; se regocijan al son de la flauta. |
| Swedish | De stämma upp med pukor och harpor, och glädja sig vid pipors ljud. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tympanum": tympanums. (additional references) | |
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"Tympanum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tympan, typanum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tympanum" (pronounced ti"mpunum) |
| 4 | -u n u m | acronym, aluminium, aluminum, arcanum, organum, duodenum, lanthanum, laudanum. |
| 3 | -n u m | molybdenum, phenom, platinum, plenum, denim, granum, interregnum, magnum, venom. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-m-n-p-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: tympan. | |
-3 letters: aunty, panty, punty, tammy, tummy, unapt, yamun. | |
-4 letters: aunt, many, maun, maut, mump, myna, pant, paty, puma, puna, punt, puny, tamp, tump, tuna, yaup, yuan. | |
-5 letters: amp, amu, ant, any, apt, man, map, mat, may, mum, mun, mut, nam, nap, nay, nut, pam, pan, pat, pay, pun, put, pya, tam, tan, tap. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-m-n-p-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: tympanums. | |
+5 letters: immunotherapy, unsymptomatic. | |
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