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noun, masculine

timbre

/ˈtimbɾe/

noun, masculine/ˈtimbɾe/plural: timbres

bell; doorbell; timbre; stamp; postmark

Synonyms: campana, sello, matasellos

Borrowed from French timbre (“quality of a sound; sound of a bell”), from Old French timbre (“bell without a clapper, drum”), via Byzantine Greek from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tímpano.

timbre — Spanish Dictionary | Passage