Definition of tintinnabulation Tintinnabulation

tin•tin•nab•u•la•tion

We found 6 definitions of tintinnabulation from 5 different sources.

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What does tintinnabulation mean?

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Noun

tintinnabulation - the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe
  ring, ringing
  sound the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • tintinnabulation (Noun)
    A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
  • tintinnabulation (Noun)
    The ringing of bells.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tintinnabulation (n.)
    A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tintinnabulation
    tin-tin-ab-ū-lā′shun, n. the tinkling sound of bells.—adjs. Tintinnab′ulant, Tintinnab′ular, Tintinnab′ulary, Tintinnab′ulous.—n. Tintinnab′ulum, a bell:—pl. Tintinnab′ula. [L. tintinnabulum, a bell:—tintinnāre, to jingle, reduplicated from tinnīre, to jingle.]

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