tintinnabulate

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verb

To ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like bells.

OriginLatin tintinnabulatus →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

verbtintinnabulate (third-person singular simple present tintinnabulates, present participle tintinnabulating, simple past and past participle tintinnabulated)

present singular third person tintinnabulates · participle present tintinnabulating · participle past tintinnabulated · past tintinnabulated

  1. To ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like bells.

Origin

  1. Latintintinnabulatus“furnished with a bell or bells”
  2. Englishtintinnabulate

From Latin tintinnabulatus (“furnished with a bell or bells”), from tintinnabulum ("a bell"). Akin to tinnitus.

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Translations

French tintinnabuler
  • tintinnabulerto tinkle
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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