tambou

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noun

A type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin.

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Meanings

nountambou (plural tambous)

plural tambous

  1. A type of drum in the French Caribbean, made of a hollowed-out tree trunk covered in animal skin.

Origin

From Haitian Creole, variant of tanbou.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tumbao
Cite this entry
APA

tambou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambou

MLA

“tambou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambou. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tambou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambou.

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