What does tambour in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word tambour in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tambour in French.

The word tambour in French means drum, drum, drummer, tambour, embroidery frame, drum beat, beat the drums, drum braking, give your all, revolving door, drum roll, without fanfare, tambourine, washing machine drum, drum major. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tambour

drum

nom masculin (instrument de musique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mon fils joue du tambour dans la fanfare.
My son plays the drum in the brass band.

drum

nom masculin (cylindre à l'intérieur d'un lave linge) (washing machine)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le linge est mis dans le tambour de la machine pour être lavé.
You put the washing in the drum of the machine to wash it.

drummer

nom masculin et féminin (personne qui joue du tambour)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mon grand-père était tambour dans la fanfare municipale.
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. He's the drummer in my brother's band.

tambour

nom masculin (architecture : assise cylindrique) (Architecture)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tambour de ce tumulus étrusque s'est effondrée.
The tambour of this Etruscan mound has crumbled.

embroidery frame

nom masculin (métier à broder)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour bien broder, il faut tendre le tissu sur le tambour.
To do embroidery properly, you have to stretch the fabric over an embroidery frame.

drum beat

nom masculin (quelques notes au tambour) (percussion)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

beat the drums

locution verbale (signaler [qch] par roulement de tambour)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

drum braking

nom masculin (système de freinage) (system: uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les freins à tambour sont constitués de deux mâchoires.

give your all

locution verbale (faire à un rythme soutenu)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le jeune cadre mena son projet tambour battant. Ce jeune cadre dynamique mène toujours ses affaires tambour battant.
The young executive went all out on his project.

revolving door

nom féminin (porte à tourniquet)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les portes à tambour avec plusieurs compartiments sont typiques des hôtels.

drum roll

nom masculin (annonce sonore avant déclaration)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

without fanfare

locution adverbiale (discrètement)

tambourine

nom masculin (tambourin)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

washing machine drum

nom masculin (réceptacle où se lave le linge)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

drum major

nom masculin (chef de fanfare militaire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tambour-major porte une canne pour marquer sa fonction.

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