timbre
Definition of the French term timbre in music:
- timbre, tone
- the snare stretched across the lower head of a side-drum
Language
French
Singular
timbre
Plural
timbres
Combinations
French musical terms that include timbre:
- jeu de timbres – keyboard glockenspiel
- petit tambour sans timbre – piccolo snare drum without snares
- sans timbre – without pitch, without tone, without timbre
- timbre sombre – dark timbre, dark tone