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Definition of 'castanets'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals
a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

Definition of 'castanets'

Webster Dictionary

1. castanets
two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars

Translation of 'castanets'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: two hollow pieces of ivory or hard wood struck together as a rhythm for (especially Spanish) dances.
Afrikaans: kastanjette	Arabic: صَنّاجات	Bulgarian: кастанети
Brazilian: castanholas	Czech: kastaněty	German: die Kastagnette
Danish: kastagnet	Greek: καστανιέτες (πληθ.)	Spanish: castañuelas
Estonian: kastanjetid	Farsi: چهارپاره؛ قاشقک	Finnish: kastanjetit
French: castagnettes	Hebrew: קַסטַניֶטוֹת	Hindi: करताल
Croatian: kastanjete	Hungarian: kasztanyetta	Indonesian: kastanyet
Icelandic: kastaníettur, fingrasmell	Italian: nacchere	Japanese: カスタネット
Korean: (악기) 캐스터네츠	Lithuanian: kastanjetės	Latvian: kastaņetes
Malay: kastanet	Dutch: castagnetten	Norwegian: kastanjetter
Polish: kastaniety	Persian: چهارپاره؛ قاشقک	Pashto: يو ډول دموسيقى اله: دعاچ
Portuguese: castanholas	Romanian: castaniete	Russian: кастаньеты
Slovak: kastanety	Slovenian: kastanjete	Serbian: kastanjete
Swedish: kastanjetter	Thai: เครื่องให้จังหวะชนิดหนึ่ง	Turkish: kastanyet,İspanyol çalpar
Taiwanese: 響板	Ukrainian: кастаньєти	Urdu: لکڑی یا ہاتھی دانت سے بنا
Vietnamese: catanhet	Chinese: 响板
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