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tintinnabulation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjʊˈleɪʃən/ (UK)
• /ˌtɪntɪnˌnæbjəˈleɪʃən/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Noun of action from tintinnabulate, from Latin tintinnabulum (“a bell”), from tintinō, a reduplicated form of tinniō (“ring, jingle”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.
   • Across the darkling meadows, from the heights of Hare, the tintinnabulation sounded mournfully, penetrating the curl-wreathed tympanums of Lady Parvula de Panzoust. 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth (hardback), Duckworth, page 20:
2. (countable, uncountable) The ringing of bells.
   • Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells — From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. 1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells:

Forms

Relateds

tintinnabulum · tintinnabulate

Translations (7)

la tinnitus (tinkling sound) · bg камбанен звън (tinkling sound) · fr tintinnabulement (tinkling sound) · fi helinä (tinkling sound) · fi kilinä (tinkling sound) · es tañido (tinkling sound) · es tintineo (tinkling sound)