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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky