castanet

English

A pair of dancers with castanets in their hands. Photo taken in Madrid, Spain

From Spanish castañeta, diminutive form of castaña, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia, “chestnut”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin. Related to the chest in chestnut, formerly chesten.

castanet (plural castanets)

(music, chiefly in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.

a single handheld percussion instrument

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: ساجة m (sāga)
Asturian: castañuela f
Catalan: castanyola (ca) f, castanyeta f, esclafidor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 響板／响板 (zh) (xiǎngbǎn)
Czech: kastaněty (cs) f pl
Dutch: castagnet (nl), castagnetten (nl) pl
Finnish: kastanjetit (fi) pl
French: castagnette (fr) f
Galician: tarañola f, tarrañola (gl), castañolas (gl) f pl, castañeta (gl) f
German: Kastagnette f, Kastagnetten f pl (usually plural)
Greek: καστανιέτα (el) f (kastaniéta)
Ancient: κρόταλον n (krótalon), κρέμβαλα n pl (krémbala)
Hungarian: kasztanyetta (hu)
Irish: castainéid m pl
Italian: castagnette f pl, nacchere (it) f pl
Japanese: カスタネット (ja) (kasutanetto)
Latin: crotalum n
Macedonian: кастане́ти f pl (kastanéti)
Maori: tōkere, tokerangi, whakapākōkō, māpara
Polish: kastaniety f pl
Portuguese: castanhola (pt) f
Romanian: castanietă (ro) f
Russian: кастанье́та (ru) f (kastanʹjéta), кастанье́ты (ru) f pl (kastanʹjéty) (usually plural)
Scots: clatter banes pl
Spanish: castañuela (es) f
Swedish: kastanjett (sv) c
Tagalog: talakatak, kastanyetas, pakalkak
Turkish: kastanyet (tr)

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