Meaning of "tambour" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAMBOUR

From French, from tabourtabor.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TAMBOUR

tambour  [ˈtæmbʊə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAMBOUR

Tambour is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tambour in English.

WHAT DOES TAMBOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tambour

In classical architecture, a tambour is the inverted bell of the Corinthian capital around which are carved acanthus leaves for decoration. The term also applies to the wall of a circular structure, whether on the ground or raised aloft on pendentives and carrying a dome, and to the drum shaped segments of a column, which is built up in several courses.

Definition of tambour in the English dictionary

The first definition of tambour in the dictionary is the sloping buttress on one side of the receiver's end of the court. Other definition of tambour is a small round embroidery frame, consisting of two concentric hoops over which the fabric is stretched while being worked. Tambour is also embroidered work done on such a frame.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TAMBOUR

PRESENT

Present

I tambour

you tambour

he/she/it tambours

we tambour

you tambour

they tambour

Present continuous

I am tambouring

you are tambouring

he/she/it is tambouring

we are tambouring

you are tambouring

they are tambouring

Present perfect

I have tamboured

you have tamboured

he/she/it has tamboured

we have tamboured

you have tamboured

they have tamboured

Present perfect continuous

I have been tambouring

you have been tambouring

he/she/it has been tambouring

we have been tambouring

you have been tambouring

they have been tambouring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tamboured

you tamboured

he/she/it tamboured

we tamboured

you tamboured

they tamboured

Past continuous

I was tambouring

you were tambouring

he/she/it was tambouring

we were tambouring

you were tambouring

they were tambouring

Past perfect

I had tamboured

you had tamboured

he/she/it had tamboured

we had tamboured

you had tamboured

they had tamboured

Past perfect continuous

I had been tambouring

you had been tambouring

he/she/it had been tambouring

we had been tambouring

you had been tambouring

they had been tambouring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tambour

you will tambour

he/she/it will tambour

we will tambour

you will tambour

they will tambour

Future continuous

I will be tambouring

you will be tambouring

he/she/it will be tambouring

we will be tambouring

you will be tambouring

they will be tambouring

Future perfect

I will have tamboured

you will have tamboured

he/she/it will have tamboured

we will have tamboured

you will have tamboured

they will have tamboured

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tambouring

you will have been tambouring

he/she/it will have been tambouring

we will have been tambouring

you will have been tambouring

they will have been tambouring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tambour

you would tambour

he/she/it would tambour

we would tambour

you would tambour

they would tambour

Conditional continuous

I would be tambouring

you would be tambouring

he/she/it would be tambouring

we would be tambouring

you would be tambouring

they would be tambouring

Conditional perfect

I would have tambour

you would have tambour

he/she/it would have tambour

we would have tambour

you would have tambour

they would have tambour

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tambouring

you would have been tambouring

he/she/it would have been tambouring

we would have been tambouring

you would have been tambouring

they would have been tambouring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tambour
we let´s tambour
you tambour

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tambour

Past participle

tamboured

Present Participle

tambouring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF TAMBOUR

Find out the translation of tambour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tambour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tambour» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 鼓形
• Translator English - Spanish: tambor
• English: tambour
• Translator English - Hindi: कारचोब
• Translator English - Arabic: الدف
• Translator English - Russian: тамбур
• Translator English - Portuguese: tambour
• Translator English - Bengali: পটহ
• Translator English - French: tambour
• Translator English - Malay: Tambour
• Translator English - German: Tambour
• Translator English - Japanese: タンブール
• Translator English - Korean: 땅 부르
• Translator English - Javanese: Tambour
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trống lớn
• Translator English - Tamil: வரைவி
• Translator English - Marathi: डफ
• Translator English - Turkish: kasnak
• Translator English - Italian: tamburo
• Translator English - Polish: żaluzjami
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тамбур
• Translator English - Romanian: tambur
• Translator English - Greek: ταμπούρ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: tambour
• Translator English - Swedish: Tambour
• Translator English - Norwegian: Tambour

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAMBOUR»

Discover the use of tambour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tambour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Tambour:

This facsimile edition makes available in one volume all eight issues of Tambour, a historically important "little magazine" published in Paris in 1929 and 1930 that featured an exciting mix of writing by European and American modernists.

Harold J. Salemson, Mark S. Morrisson, Jack Selzer, 2002

Crandolin

In a medieval cookbook in a special-collections library, near-future London, jaded food and drink authority Nick Kippax finds an alluring stain next to a recipe for the mythical crandolin.

Anna Tambour, 2012

American Woodworker

Tambour doors are a bit of woodworking sleight of hand. Now you see them, now you don't. Fun to open and fun to close, tambours invite you to play with your furniture. Designing a tambour can be fun, too, because you'll have to build a ...

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Routledge Dictionnaire Technique Anglais

... SPACE (data relay satellitel satellite relais de données m drum n CINEMAT tambour m; COAL TECH fût m; COMP, DP tambour m; HYDR EQUIP of steam engine indicator harillet m; of steam turhine tambour m; MAR POLL fût m; MECH fût m; ...

Yves Arden, Neil Clements, 1994

Encyclopedia of Percussion

Tambour (Fr), generic word for a drum. Since the fourteenth century, denotes a snare drum, kettledrum, or tambourine. Most commonly it means a snare drum. Tambour à cordes (Fr), string drum, lion's roar. Tambour à fente (Fr), slit drum.

John H. Beck, 2013

Ayrshire and Other Whitework

Margaret Swain. An all-over trellis design from the sampler shown opposite. Professional tambour work was done in a workroom on large frames, on which a whole width of muslin could be stretched, with girls working either side.

Margaret Swain, 1982

The Beader's Bible

Dorothy Wood. Taking It Further: Tambour Embroidery Taking It Further: Tambour Embroidery If you are enjoying bead embroidery, why not try your hand at tambour work? This technique, named after the frame or tambour used to stretch the ...

Dorothy Wood, 2008

Algebra for computer science

The book is intended primarily for use in Computer Science, but it may also serve for intermediate algebra courses with selected applications, .

Lars Gårding, Torbjörn Tambour, 1988

Beds and Bedroom Furniture

I first jointed the approximate edge angle needed for each tambour and then fine- tuned the fit with a bench plane. A Win. gap between tambours accommodates normal wood movement. After fitting each tambour, I grooved its edges with a slot  ...

Fine Woodworking, Taunton Press, 1997

Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking: Book 3: Furnituremaking

Vertical tambours lf the slats in your tambour doors are vertical, such as the tambour sliders in the office (pp. 188- 199), you can simply make the top groove in the cabinet % in. deep and the bottom one 3/ie in. deep, as shown at bottom right.

Tage Frid, Emma Frid, Peter A. Frid, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAMBOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tambour is used in the context of the following news items.

A Saint-Brieuc, un festival mené tambour battant

Saint-Brieuc, où siège l'école nationale du tambour,organisait la 14ème édition du festival de tambour. L'événement a rassemblé une dizaine de fanfares venus ... «Francetv info, Jul 15»

VIDEO. Un animateur américain lance une hache sur un joueur de …

Il visait une cible, mais il est passé largement à côté, blessant au bras ce soldat qui jouait du tambour pour une fête nationale. «Francetv info, Jun 15»

29 fabulous pictures of Tambour House, Cranbrook, a five bedroom …

Here she looks at Tambour House in Cranbrook. 0Share ... Tambour House is a five-bedroom house close to Cranbrook and within the holy grail of catchments, ... «Kent and Sussex Courier, May 15»

Festival Roulements de tambour. La 13e édition débute mercredi à …

Orienté vers le rock indépendant, le festival Roulements de tambour commence demain, à Rennes. Au programme et à petits prix, conférence, ciné-concert et ... «Ouest-France, Apr 15»

Günter Grass a cassé son tambour

Depuis la publication en 1959 de son chef-d'œuvre, "Le tambour", un succès planétaire adapté au cinéma par Volker Schloendorff, qui reçut la Palme d'Or à ... «L'Humanité, Apr 15»

Tambour Monogram Bijou

The Tambour Monogram Bijou watch also comes in a Rivière version in white gold, entirely set with diamonds from the case to the bracelet and the bezel. «World Tempus, Apr 15»

«Le Tambour» à succès

Vingt années séparent la parution du roman le Tambour de son adaptation par Volker Schlöndorff, en 1979. L'auteur avait repoussé plusieurs propositions ... «Libération, Apr 15»

Le tambour, vestige d'un Burundi royal et uni

Jeunes adultes, enfants, ils sont une vingtaine à frapper frénétiquement sur quinze tambours et danser à leur rythme endiablé. A leur tête, Antime Baranshakaje, ... «Le Parisien, Apr 15»

Louis Vuitton

The 41.5mm diameter steel watchcase has the signature shape of the Tambour line. This is reinforced by the seven lines engraved on the sides of the case, one ... «World Tempus, Mar 15»

Canton de Coutances. C. Tambour et G. Panier sont candidats

Une alliance incongrue ? " Non, répondent Chantal Tambour, du Front de gauche et Gilles Panier, d'Europe Ecologie-Les Verts. Nous avons des échanges ... «Ouest-France, Feb 15»