cimbal

From Italian ciambella.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmbəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪmbəl
• Homophones: cymbal, symbol

cimbal (plural cimbals)

1. (obsolete) A kind of confectionery or cake.
   • 1867, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Guardian Angel:

     The genteel form of doughnut called in the native dialect cymbal […] which graced the board with its plastic forms.

2. Obsolete spelling of cymbal.

• “cimbal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• lambic

Borrowed from Latin cymbalum

• IPA^(key): /ˈkim.bɑl/

cimbal m

1. cymbal

• English: cymbal

Borrowed from French cymbale.

cimbal n (plural cimbale)

1. cymbal

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cìmbal m (Cyrillic spelling цѝмбал)

1. a cymbal

• cimbalo
• tȁs