Definitions For Castanet

Noun

CASTANET (plural CASTANETs) (musical instruments, chiefly, in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument, from of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by string.

Derived terms

castanetist

Translations

Arabic: : Egyptian Arabic: ساجة, m (sāga) Asturian: castañuela, f Catalan: castanyoles, f-p, castanyetes, f, esclafidors, m-p Chinese: : Mandarin: 響板, sc=Hani, 响板, tr=xiǎngbǎn, sc=Hani Czech: kastaněty, f-p Dutch: castagnet, castagnetten, p Finnish: kastanjetit, p French: castagnette, f Galician: castañolas, f-p German: Kastagnette, f, Kastagnette, f-p, alt=Kastagnetten {{qualifier, usually plural}} Greek: καστανιέτα, f : Ancient: κρόταλον, n, κρέμβαλα, n-p Hungarian: kasztanyetta Irish: castainéid, m-p Italian: castagnette, f-p, nacchere, f-p Japanese: カスタネット (kasutanetto, sc=Jpan) Latin: crotalum, n Maori: tōkere, tokerangi, whakapākōkō, māpara Polish: kastaniety, f-p Portuguese: castanhola, f Romanian: castaniete Russian: кастанье́та, f, кастаньета, f-p, alt=кастанье́ты {{qualifier, usually plural}} Scots: clatter banes, p Spanish: castañuela, f Swedish: kastanjett, c Tagalog: talakatak, kastanyetas, pakalkak Turkish: kastanyet