timbre

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

   The flute and oboe played the same pitch but had a different timbre.

From French timbre, ultimately from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tympanum, timpani, timbal, and tymbal.

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