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Definitions for: Timbre
[n] 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: Tim"bre, n.
See 1st Timber.
Tim"bre, n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer,
sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. Timbrel.]
1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms.
2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or
instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the
voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and {Partial
tones}, under Partial.
Synonyms: quality, timber, tone
See Also: color, coloration, colour, colouration, fullness, harshness, mellowness, nasality, plangency, register, resonance, reverberance, richness, ringing, roughness, shrillness, sonority, sonorousness, sound property, stridence, stridency, vibrancy
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