timbal

English

Alternative forms

• tymbal

Etymology

Probably from French timbale.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: timbale

Noun

timbal (plural timbals)

1. (music) A kettledrum.

Anagrams

• limbat

Catalan

Etymology

Alteration of tabal under the influence of címbal or tambor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [timˈbal]

Noun

timbal m (plural timbals)

1. drum

   Synonym: tambor

Derived terms

• timbala
• timbalejar
• timbaler

Related terms

• tabal

Further reading

• “timbal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtimbal/ [ˈt̪im.bal]
• Rhymes: -imbal
• Syllabification: tim‧bal

Etymology 1

From Malay timbal.

Noun

timbal

1. balance, equilibrium

   Synonyms: keseimbangan, imbang

Adjective

timbal

1. (uncommon) balanced, equal, appropriate

   Synonyms: sebanding, setara, setimbal

Verb

timbal (active menimbal, passive ditimbal)

1. (uncommon) to balance, equate

   Synonyms: imbangi, seimbangkan, timbali

Derived terms

• bertimbal
• bertimbal-timbalan
• bertimbalan
• kesetimbalan
• penimbal
• setimbal
• timbalan
• timbali

 

Compounds

• timbal balik

 

Etymology 2

Chemical element
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From Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (timbel, “lead; tin”).

Alternative forms

• timbel

Noun

timbal

1. lead (chemical element)

   Synonyms: plumbum, timah hitam

Further reading

• “timbal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

timbal

1. Romanization of ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦭ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Noun

timbal

1. one after or over the other, -fold

Derived terms

• animbali
• atimbalan
• tinimbal

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦭ꧀ (timbal)

Further reading

• "timbal" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /timˈbal/ [t̪ĩmˈbal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tim‧bal

Noun

timbal m (plural timbales)

1. kettledrum
2. meatpie

Further reading

• “timbal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10