timbre
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃĩ.bɾi/
timbre is spelled T-I-M-B-R-E (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Timbre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “timbre (quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of timbrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “característica sonora que nos permite distinguir se sons de mesma frequência foram produzidos por fontes…”.
What does timbre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetimbre (quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume)
- 2
masculineseal (pattern, design)
- 3
masculinecrest
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. característica sonora que nos permite distinguir se sons de mesma frequência foram produzidos por fontes sonoras conhecidas e que nos permite diferenciá-las 2. qualidade característica de um som produzido por instrumento ou voz em particular; cor tonal 3. peça das armas do brasão que fica colocada sobre o virol do elmo 4. selo
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo timbrar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo timbrar 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo timbrar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of timbre
- timbres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce timbre?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃĩ.bɾi/
- Portugal /ˈtĩ.bɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to timbre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timbre in Portuguese?
timbre appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).