tambour

n.

1. A drum or drummer.
2. 1. A small wooden embroidery frame consisting of two concentric hoops between which fabric is stretched.
   2. Embroidery made on such a frame.
3. A rolling front or top for a desk or table, consisting of narrow strips of wood glued to canvas.
4. Architecture. See drum (sense ).

v., -boured, -bour·ing, -bours.

v.tr.
To do (embroidery) on a frame consisting of two concentric hoops.

v.intr.
To embroider at or on such a frame.

[Middle English, from Old French, ultimately from Arabic ṭanbūr, stringed musical instrument, probably akin to Persian tambūr, lute, from Middle Persian.]

1. A column drum.
2. Any generally drum-shaped member.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
  Synonyms: embroidery frame, embroidery hoop

Meaning #2: a drum

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - (stor)tromme, broderramme, tambur, tamburering
v. tr. - tamburere
v. intr. - brodere på ramme

Nederlands (Dutch)
trom(mel), trommelslager, trommelen, borduren op een tamboereerraam

Français (French)
n. - tambour (tous contextes)
v. tr. - faire de la broderie sur un tambour
v. intr. - broder sur un tambour

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trommel, Trommler, Sticktrommel, Tambourierstickerei, Säulentrommel, Tambour
v. - in einem Rahmen besticken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τελάρο (κεντήματος), (αρχιτ.) σπόνδυλος κίονα, (μουσ.) γκραν-κάσα
v. - κεντώ σε τελάρο

Italiano (Italian)
ricamare a telaio, tamburo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tambor (m) (Mús.), bastidor (m) para bordar, tambor (m) de coluna (Arquit.), guarda-vento (m) de cúpula (Arquit.)
v. - bordar com bastidor

Русский (Russian)
круглые пяльцы, муз. инстр.

Español (Spanish)
n. - tambor
v. tr. - bordar sobre un bastidor
v. intr. - bordar sobre un bastidor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trumma, trumslagare (mus.), tambur (sömnad), tambur, rulljalusi
v. - sy tambursöm på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鼓, 活动桌面, 绷圈, 鼓形柱, 用绷圈在...上刺绣, 用绷圈刺绣

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鼓, 活動桌面, 繃圈, 鼓形柱
v. tr. - 用繃圈在...上刺繡
v. intr. - 用繃圈刺繡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자수틀, 북, 셔터 문
v. tr. - 자수하다
v. intr. - (수틀로) 수 놓다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ししゅう枠, 太鼓, 蛇腹扉, 刺繍枠, よろい戸
adj. - よろい戸式の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طارة ألتطريز (فعل) يطرز على طارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גליל רקימה, בד רקום, תוף, חלק גלילי של עמוד אבן, חדר-כניסה בכנסיה, חלק עגול של מבנה‬
v. tr. - ‮רקם/קישט טמבור‬
v. intr. - ‮רקם/קישט טמבור‬

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