When he came around, the star sound was gone. The ringing it left in his tympana was a great confusion.
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Tympanum
//ˈtɪm.pən.əm//
Synonyms for "tympanum" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
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3 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
42 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- قَلْب القَوْصَرَة noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- timpan noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
- təmpanum noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Belarusian
1 entries- тымпан noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Bengali
1 entries- মধ্যকর্ণ noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тимпан noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Catalan
1 entries- timpà noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鼓室 noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Danish
1 entries- tympanon noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Dutch
1 entries- timpaan noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Finnish
2 entries- tympaani noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
- tympanon noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
German
2 entries- Tympanum noun (hearing organ)
- Tympanum noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Greek
1 entries- τύμπανο noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Hebrew
1 entries- תוֹף הַאוֹזֶן noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Hindi
1 entries- कान का पर्दा noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Hungarian
1 entries- timpanon noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Icelandic
1 entries- gaflflötur noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Italian
1 entries- timpano noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Kannada
1 entries- ಟೈಂಪಾನಮ್ noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Kazakh
1 entries- тимпанум noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Korean
1 entries- 진동판 noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Tympanum noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Macedonian
1 entries- тимпан noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Polish
4 entries- aparat tympanalny noun (hearing organ)
- narząd bębenkowy noun (hearing organ)
- narząd tympanalny noun (hearing organ)
- tympanon noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Portuguese
1 entries- tímpano noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Romanian
1 entries- timpan noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Russian
1 entries- тимпан noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Swedish
2 entries- tympan noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
- tympanon noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Tagalog
1 entries- timpano noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Thai
1 entries- หูตอนใน noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Turkish
1 entries- kulak davulu noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Uzbek
1 entries- timpanum noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Vietnamese
3 entries- chứng màng nhĩ noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
- màng nhĩ noun (hearing organ)
- màng tai noun (hearing organ)
Yiddish
1 entries- טימפּאַנום noun (triangular space between the sides of a pediment)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
It was a black-and-white picture of a Romanesque doorway, with flanking saints and a lively Last Judgement in the tympanum […].
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