Definition of timbre Timbre
/tɪˈmbɚ/ - [timber] - tim•bre
We found 10 definitions of timbre from 7 different sources.
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What does timbre mean?
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NounPlural: timbres |
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| timbre - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" | ||
| timber, quality, tone | ||
| sound property an attribute of sound | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| harmonic any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental | ||
| resonance the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities | ||
| coloration, colouration, color, colour choice and use of colors (as by an artist) | ||
| nasality a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators | ||
| plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | ||
| stridence, stridency, shrillness having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- timbre (n.)
See 1st Timber. - timbre (n.)
The crest on a coat of arms. - timbre (n.)
The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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timbre
The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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timbre
tim′bėr, n. tone, character, or quality of a musical sound. [O. Fr.,—L. tympanum, a drum.]
Wikipedia 
- Timbre is a quality of sound. It is what makes two different musical instruments sound different from each other, even when each instrument plays the same musical note.
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🔤- timbre, noun, singular of timbres.
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