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timbale

Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃĩˈba.li/

timbale is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kettledrum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does timbale mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekettledrum

  2. 2

    masculinetimbale (mould)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of timbale

  • timbales plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce timbale?

  • Brazil /t͡ʃĩˈba.li/
  • Portugal /tĩˈbal/
  • Portugal [tĩˈbaɫ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to timbale

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is timbale in Portuguese?

timbale appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).