cymbalom

or cym·ba·lon cim·ba·lom, zim·ba·lon

[ sim-buh-luhm ]

noun

1. a complex zither played especially in Hungary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cymbalom¹

< Hungarian cimbalom < Latin cymbalum cymbal

Example Sentences

We smile at the generation that could adore The Battle of Prague, the Herz Variations, the Kalkbrenner Fantasias, but the next generation will wonder at us for having so long tolerated this drunken gipsy, who dances to fiddle and cymbalom accompaniment.

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In mad pursuit, over a country black as Servian politics went the cymbalom, closely followed by two clarinets—in B and E flat.

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The compass, now chromatic throughout, varies according to the size of the instrument; the large cymbalom of the Hungarian gipsies has a range of four chromatic octaves, .

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And the agility of the cymbalom player, his great height, clear skin, and piercing eyes, quite enthralled her.

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"Oh, let's wait for the cymbalom solo," she frankly begged.

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