timpan

English

Noun

timpan (plural timpans)

  1. Alternative form of tympan (musical instrument).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tympan.

Noun

timpan n (plural timpane)

  1. eardrum

Declension

Declension of timpan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative timpan timpanul timpane timpanele
genitive-dative timpan timpanului timpane timpanelor
vocative timpanule timpanelor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tìmpān m inan (Cyrillic spelling тѝмпа̄н, genitive singular timpána)

  1. (music) timpani, kettledrum
  2. (architecture, historical) tympanum (triangular area in the pediment of an ancient Greek or Roman temple)
  3. (architecture, historical) tympanum (semicircular area over an entrance of a church)