Associations to the word «Timbre»

Wiktionary

TIMBRE, noun. The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
TIMBRE, noun. (heraldry) The crest on a coat of arms.

Dictionary definition

TIMBRE, noun. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats