Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to bells or the ringing of bells.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to bells or their sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Describing a
ringing orsounding ofbells .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From tintinnabulum.]
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Latin tintinnabulum a little bell, from tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle.
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