From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], [en], from [en], from [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound .
2. [en] The sound so produced.
3. [en] The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm .
4. [en] The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis .
5. [en] The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instrument s; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kit s.
6. [en] The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
7. * [page=201]
8. [en] The outer side of the hand .
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |hand percussion |percussion break |percussion cap |percussion
idiophone |percussion instrument |percussionist |percussively |percussion
bullet|percussion fuse|percussion hammer|percussion lock}}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[collision producing a sound]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is] , [is]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[sound produced by collision]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
[trans-bottom]
[detonation of percussion cap]
- Hungarian: [hu]
[trans-bottom]
[medicine: tapping of the body]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[music: section of percussion instruments]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Irish: [ga]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] [percussion instrument]
- Spanish: [es]
- Tagalog: [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[engineering: repeated striking]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** French
*** Etymology
From [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en] (tapping of the body)
2. [fr] [en]
**** Descendants
- [tr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
[fr]