timbre的词源

英文词源

timbre

timbre: see timpani

timbre (n.)

"characteristic quality of a musical sound," 1849, from French timbre "quality of a sound," earlier "sound of a bell," from Old French, "bell without a clapper," originally "small drum," probably via Medieval Greek *timbanon, from Greek tympanon "kettledrum" (see tympanum). Timbre was used in Old French (13c.) and Middle English (14c.) to render Latin tympanum in Ps. 150.

中文词源

timbre：音质，音品

来自法语 timbre,音质，音色，来自古法语 timbre,小鼓，没有铃舌的钟，用手拍打发声的钟， 来自拉丁语 tympanum,鼓，来自 typtein,敲打，拍打，词源同 type,timpani,tympanum.

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