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Yes. The word tambour is a Scrabble US word. The word tambour is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (1 found)

TAMBOUR,

6-letter words (4 found)

OUTBAR,RUBATO,TABOUR,TAMBUR,

5-letter words (13 found)

ABORT,ABOUT,AMORT,AMOUR,BOART,MORAT,RUMBA,RUMBO,TABOR,TUBAR,TUMOR,TURBO,UMBRA,

4-letter words (48 found)

ABUT,AMBO,ARUM,ATOM,AUTO,BARM,BAUR,BOAR,BOAT,BOMA,BORA,BORM,BORT,BOTA,BOUT,BRAT,BRUT,BUAT,BURA,MART,MAUT,MOAT,MORA,MORT,MOTU,MURA,OMBU,OUMA,OUTA,RATO,RATU,ROAM,ROMA,ROTA,ROUM,ROUT,TABU,TARO,TOMB,TORA,TOUR,TRAM,TROU,TUBA,TURM,UMBO,UMRA,URAO,

3-letter words (54 found)

ABO,AMU,ARB,ARM,ART,BAM,BAO,BAR,BAT,BOA,BOR,BOT,BRA,BRO,BRU,BUM,BUR,BUT,MAR,MAT,MOA,MOB,MOR,MOT,MOU,MUT,OAR,OAT,OBA,OMA,ORA,ORB,ORT,OUR,OUT,RAM,RAT,ROB,ROM,ROT,RUB,RUM,RUT,TAB,TAM,TAO,TAR,TAU,TOM,TOR,TUB,TUM,URB,UTA,

2-letter words (18 found)

AB,AM,AR,AT,BA,BO,MA,MO,MU,OB,OM,OR,OU,TA,TO,UM,UR,UT,

You can make 138 words from tambour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tambour

tambour

Etymology

Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), perhaps influenced by Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”). Compare Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), and tabla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæmbʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

tambour (countable and uncountable, plural tambours)

  1. (music) A small shallow drum.
  2. A circular frame for embroidery.
  3. A rich kind of gold and silver embroidery.
  4. Silk or other material embroidered on a tambour.
  5. (architecture) The capital of a Corinthian column.
  6. (architecture) Synonym of drum (“cylindrical stone in the shaft of a column”)
  7. (military) A work usually in the form of a redan, to enclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade.
  8. (biology) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by a rubber tube and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.
  9. (sports) In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall.
  10. A rolling top or front (as of a rolltop desk) of narrow strips of wood glued on canvas.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tambour (third-person singular simple present tambours, present participle tambouring, simple past and past participle tamboured)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To embroider on a tambour (circular frame).

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  • “tambour”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr) or Persian تبیر (tabir, “drum”), related to Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), English tabla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.buʁ/

Noun

tambour m (plural tambours)

  1. drum (instrument)
  2. tambour (sports / real tennis)
  3. revolving door

Derived terms

  • tambour battant
  • tambourin
  • tambour-major

Descendants

  • → Dutch: tamboer
    • Afrikaans: tamboer
    • Negerhollands: tamboer
    • → Indonesian: tambur
  • → Romanian: tambur
  • → Swedish: tambur
  • → Turkish: tambur

See also

  • batterie f

Further reading

  • “tambour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French tambour.

Noun

tambour

  1. drum

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

Noun

tambour m (plural tambours)

  1. (Jersey) drum

Derived terms

  • tambour-mâjeur (“drum major”)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French tambour.

Noun

tambour

  1. drum

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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