tom-tom

tɔmtɔm

Definition

Definition of tom-tom - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

instrumenttambour cylindrique utilisé dans la musique

Le batteur frappe énergiquement sur son tom-tom pendant le solo.

percussion

tambour

communication

Dated

système de communication par tambours transmettant des messages

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Les villageois utilisaient le tom-tom pour alerter les tribus voisines.

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tambour cylindrique utilisé dans la musique

Origin of tom-tom

amérindien/onomatopée, tom-tom (onomatopée pour tambour)

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tom

abbr.

abr: tom-tom

petit tambour utilisé dans la musique

Examples of tom-tom in a sentence

Le tom-tom résonne fort dans toute la salle.
Le message d'urgence fut transmis par tom-tom à travers la forêt.
Le chef ordonna de battre le tom-tom pour rassembler les guerriers.

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English:tom-tom, talking drum, ...
German:Tom-Tom, Trommelsprache, ...
Italian:tom-tom, tamburo parlante, ...
Spanish:tom, tamtam, ...
Portuguese:tom-tom, tam-tam, ...
Chinese:嗵嗵鼓, 鼓语, ...
Japanese:タムタム, 太鼓通信, ...
Arabic:طبل توم توم, طبول التواصل, ...
Hebrew:טוֹם טוֹם, מַעֲרֶכֶת תִּקְשׁוֹרֶת בְּתוּפִּים, ...
Russian:том-том, барабанная связь, ...
Ukrainian:том-том, барабанний зв'язок, ...
Catalan:tom, tambor de comunicació, ...
Danish:tomtom, signaltromme, ...
Dutch:tom-tom, trommelsignaal, ...
Greek:τομ-τομ, τηλετύμπανο, ...
Hungarian:tam-tam, dobnyelv, ...
Khmer:ថមថម, ប្រព័ន្ធទំនាក់ទំនងដោយសញ្ញាស្គរ, ...
Korean:탐탐, 북 신호, ...
Polish:tom, tam-tam, ...
Portuguese (BR):tom, tambor de comunicação, ...
Romanian:tom-tom, tobe de semnalizare, ...
Swedish:tomtom, trumtelegraf, ...
Thai:กลองทอม, ตอมตอม, ...
Turkish:tomtom, davul iletişimi, ...
Vietnamese:trống tom, trống truyền tin, ...

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