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timbale¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French timbale.

noun timbales

  1. A drum-shaped mould used to cook food.
  2. A dish of food cooked in such a mould.

    Similar: timpano, timballo

  3. A dish of poultry or fish pounded and mixed with egg white, cream, etc., poured into a mould.

    Similar: timpano, timballo

timbale²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish timbal, through the plural timbales.

noun timbales

  1. A type of resonant drum, similar to a timpani but higher in pitch, used in Latin music.

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noun mould

Italianotimballo

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"timbale." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/timbale. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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timbale. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/timbale

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@misc{timbale_2026,
  title = {timbale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/timbale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}