Timbre (noun)
tam-ber
The character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.
The distinctive quality or character of someone or something.
Mid 19th century: from French, from medieval Greek timbanon, from Greek tumpanon ‘drum’.
Example sentences
“His voice had a melodious timbre”
“If nothing else it proved his moral timbre.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
