cowbell

English

a typical cowbell (sense 1)

a percussionist's cowbell (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• cow bell

Etymology

From cow +‎ bell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊˌbɛl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊbɛl

Noun

cowbell (countable and uncountable, plural cowbells)

2. A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap.
4. (music) A musical instrument, typically found without a clapper.

   This song would sound better with the addition of a cowbell.

   It's good, but it really needs more cowbell.

5. Misconstruction of bell cow
   • 2018 December 17, Jeff McLane, “Eagles-Rams: What we learned from the surprising victory”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

     The Eagles don't have a cow-bell running back, like Gurley, but they have enough by-committee.

Derived terms

• cowbellist

Translations

bell worn by cows

Catalan: esquella (ca) f, picarol (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 牛頸鈴／牛颈铃 (niújǐnglíng) Dutch: koeienbel f, koebel (nl) f Esperanto: bovtintilo Finnish: lehmänkello (fi) French: clarine (fr), sonnaille (fr) f Galician: choca (gl) f, chocallo (gl) m German: Kuhglocke (de) f, Kuhschelle (de) f Alemannic German: Trinklere f Hungarian: kolomp (hu) Icelandic: kúabjalla f Irish: clog eallaigh m Macedonian: клопота́рец m (klopotárec), прапорец m (praporec) Norwegian: Bokmål: kubjelle (no) m or f Nynorsk: kubjølle f Portuguese: cincerro (pt) m, chocalho (pt) m Romanian: talangă (ro) f Russian: коро́вий колоко́льчик m (koróvij kolokólʹčik) Slovene: kravji zvonec m Spanish: cencerro (es) m, campano m, esquila (es) f, zumba (es) f Swedish: koskälla (sv) c, kobjällra c

musical instrument

Catalan: esquellot (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 牛鈴／牛铃 (niúlíng) Danish: koklokke (da) c Dutch: koebel (nl) f Esperanto: bovtintilo Finnish: lehmänkello (fi) French: sonnaille (fr) f German: Kuhglocke (de) f, Kuhschelle (de) Hebrew: קאמפאנה Icelandic: kúabjalla f Irish: clog eallaigh m Italian: campanaccio (it) m Japanese: カウベル (kauberu) Korean: 카우벨 (kaubel) Macedonian: клопота́рец m (klopotárec), прапорец m (praporec) Norwegian: Bokmål: kubjelle (no) m or f Nynorsk: kubjølle f Polish: krowi dzwonek m Portuguese: caneca (pt) f, cowbell m Russian: колоко́лец (ru) m (kolokólec), сенсе́рро n (sensérro) Slovene: kravji zvonec m Spanish: cencerro (es) m Swedish: koskälla (sv) c, kobjällra c Turkish: inek çanı Ukrainian: тронка f (tronka)

See also

• cowbell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bell cow

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cowbell.

Noun

cowbell m (plural cowbells)

1. (music) cowbell (a percussion instrument)

   Synonym: caneca