Castanet

Cas′ta-net

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Noun.

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Castanet

CASTANET

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Noun.

An instrument of music formed of small concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, placed together, fastened to the thumb and beat with the middle finger. This instrument is used by the Spaniards, Moors and Bohemians, as an accompaniment to their dances, sarabands and guitars.

castanet

English

Noun

castanet ‎(plural castanets)

(music, chiefly in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument, from of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by string.

Derived terms

castanetist

Translations

a single handheld percussion instrument

Asturian: castañuela f
Catalan: castanyoles (ca) f pl, castanyetes (ca) f, esclafidors (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 響板 (zh), 响板 (zh) ‎(xiǎngbǎn)
Czech: kastaněty (cs) f pl
Dutch: castagnet, castagnetten pl
Finnish: kastanjetit (fi) pl
French: castagnette (fr) f
Galician: castañolas (gl) f pl
German: Kastagnette f, Kastagnetten f pl (usually plural)
Hungarian: kasztanyetta (hu)
Irish: castainéid m pl

Italian: castagnette f pl, nacchere f pl
Japanese: カスタネット ‎(kasutanetto)
Maori: tōkere, tokerangi, whakapākōkō
Polish: kastaniety f pl
Portuguese: castanhola (pt) f
Romanian: castaniete (ro)
Russian: кастанье́та (ru) f ‎(kastanʹjéta), кастанье́ты (ru) f pl ‎(kastanʹjéty) (usually plural)
Scots: clatter banes pl
Spanish: castañuela (es) f
Swedish: kastanjett (sv) c
Tagalog: talakatak, kastanyetas, pakalkak
Turkish: kastanyet (tr)

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