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7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
originBorrowed from Italian timpani, plural of timpano (“drum”), from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, to hit”). Doublet of tympanum, timbre, timbal, and tymbal.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0