chymbe

Borrowed from Old Northern French chimbe (“cymbal”), a back-formation from chimble, cimble, from Latin cymbalum; perhaps reinforced by a misinterpretation of a *chymbele (from Old English ċimbala, ċimbal (“cymbal”)) as chymbe belle. First attested in c. 1300.

• chyme
• chim (Northern); chynbe (Northwest Midland)

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːmb(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃiːmb(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃimb(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃim(ə)/ (especially Northern)

chymbe (plural chymbes)

1. A cymbal (concave metal plate as a musical instrument)
2. A set of bells or a bell belonging to one.

• chymben

• English: chime

• “chīmbe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

chymbe

1. alternative form of chymben