tímpano
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃĩ.pa.nu/
tímpano is spelled T-Í-M-P-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tímpano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “eardrum; tympanum (membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membrana bastante fina e semitransparente do ouvido médio,na porção terminal do conduto audítivo, separando o…”.
What does tímpano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeardrum; tympanum (membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear)
- 2
masculinekettledrum (large drum with a tunable drumhead)
- 3
masculinetympanum (space between the sides of a pediment)
- 4
masculinetympanum (hearing organ of some amphibians and insects)
- 5
masculinethe part of a bell that is struck by the clapper
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. membrana bastante fina e semitransparente do ouvido médio,na porção terminal do conduto audítivo, separando o ouvido externo do ouvido médio 2. peça de escultura limitada por arcos ou linhas 3. espécie de tambor oco, com repartimentos em espiral, por intermédio dos quais se eleva a água de um depósito ou de uma corrente 4. timbale
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 tímpano
- tímpanos plural
- tympano alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tímpano?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃĩ.pa.nu/
- Portugal /ˈtĩ.pɐ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tímpano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tímpano in Portuguese?
tímpano appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).