Other forms: cymbals
A cymbal is a round metal plate that crashes when struck. Crash the cymbals, a cymbal stand, a pair of cymbals.
They are hammered by hand, and no two sound the same even from the same maker, which is why drummers choose each one individually. The word is not the same as symbol, and confusing the two in writing is a standing joke among musicians.
1nouncymbalA round metal plate that crashes when struck.
“The drummer ended the song with a loud crash of the cymbals.”
cymbal is an instrument.
Latin cymbalum comes from Greek kymbalon, from kymbe, a hollow vessel or bowl.
Old English
cimbal
Middle English
cymbal
English, today
cymbal
Built from
From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal. From Middle English cymbal, from Old English cimbal, cimbala and Old French cimbale, both from Latin cymbalum (“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον, from κύμβη (“bowl”). See also chime.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA