Synonyms for "castanet"

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Related word relations

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4 relation types

Related terms

1 entries

chestnut

derived

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castanetist

has context

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musical instruments

related to

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percussion instrument

Translations

43 translations across 28 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries

• κρέμβαλα noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• κρόταλον noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Arabic

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• ساجة noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Asturian

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• castañuela noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Catalan

3 entries

• castanyeta noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• castanyola noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• esclafidor noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 響板 /响板 noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Czech

1 entries

• kastaněty noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Dutch

2 entries

• castagnet noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• castagnetten noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Finnish

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• kastanjetti noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

French

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• castagnette noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Galician

4 entries

• castañeta noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• castañolas noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• tarañola noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• tarrañola noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

German

2 entries

• Kastagnette noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• Kastagnetten noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Greek

1 entries

• καστανιέτα noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Hungarian

1 entries

• kasztanyetta noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Irish

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• castainéid noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Italian

2 entries

• castagnette noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• nacchere noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Japanese

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• カスタネット noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Latin

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• crotalum noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Macedonian

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• кастане́ти noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Māori

4 entries

• māpara noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• tokerangi noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• tōkere noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• whakapākōkō noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Polish

1 entries

• kastaniety noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Portuguese

1 entries

• castanhola noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Romanian

1 entries

• castanietă noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Russian

2 entries

• кастанье́та noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• кастанье́ты noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Scots

1 entries

• clatter banes noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Spanish

1 entries

• castañuela noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Swedish

1 entries

• kastanjett noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Tagalog

3 entries

• kastanyetas noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• pakalkak noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)
• talakatak noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

Turkish

1 entries

• kastanyet noun (a single handheld percussion instrument)

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