Percussion gives a nice touch to the melody.
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Percussion
//pɚˈkʌʃən//
Synonyms for "percussion" (83 found)
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62 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- آلَة إِيقَاعِيَّة noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Bulgarian
3 entries- причукване noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- стълкновение noun (collision producing a sound)
- ударни инструменти noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Catalan
4 entries- percussió noun (collision producing a sound)
- percussió noun (sound produced by collision)
- percussió noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- percussió noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 打擊樂器 /打击乐器 noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
- 擊發 /击发 noun (collision producing a sound)
- 擊發的聲音 /击发的声音 noun (sound produced by collision)
Czech
1 entries- bicí noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Danish
3 entries- percussion noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
- perkussion noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- slagtøj noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Finnish
4 entries- koputtelu noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- lyömäsoitinryhmä noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
- lyömäsoittimet noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
- lyönti noun (collision producing a sound)
French
1 entries- percussion noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Galician
1 entries- percusión noun (collision producing a sound)
German
1 entries- Perkussion noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Hungarian
4 entries- csattanás noun (sound produced by collision)
- gyutacs felrobbanása noun (detonation of percussion cap)
- kopogtatás noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- lökés noun (collision producing a sound)
Icelandic
4 entries- barningur noun (collision producing a sound)
- samsláttur noun (collision producing a sound)
- slagverk noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
- sláttur noun (collision producing a sound)
Indonesian
2 entries- ketukan noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- perkusi noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
Irish
1 entries- cnaguirlis noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Māori
1 entries- papā noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- perkusjon noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- perkusjon noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
- slagverk noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- perkusjon noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- perkusjon noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
- slagverk noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Polish
1 entries- perkusja noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Portuguese
1 entries- percussão noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Russian
4 entries- высту́кивание noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- перку́ссия noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
- столкнове́ние noun (collision producing a sound)
- уда́р noun (collision producing a sound)
Spanish
1 entries- percusión noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagtambulin noun (music: section of percussion instruments)
Turkish
1 entries- perküsyon noun (medicine: tapping of the body)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom formerly played percussion.
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An example of a percussion instrument is the piano.
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Years spent playing in the percussion section took a toll on her hearing.
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