cymbalum
French, noun/sɛ̃.ba.lɔm/
cymbalum is spelled C-Y-M-B-A-L-U-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cymbalum is a French masculine noun meaning “cimbalom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de musique à cordes frappées d’origine hongroise”.
What does cymbalum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecimbalom
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de musique à cordes frappées d’origine hongroise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cymbalum
- cymbalums plural
- czimbalum alternative
- tsymbaly
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cymbalum?
- /sɛ̃.ba.lɔm/
- \sɛ̃.ba.lɔm\
- [sɛ̃.ba.lɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cymbalum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cymbalum in French?
cymbalum appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).