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glockenspiel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡlɔk.n̩ˌʃpiːl/ like German
• /ˈɡlɑk.ənˌʃpil/ (US)
• (UK)
• glŏkʹən-shpēl'
• (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɡlɔk.ŋ̩ˌʃpiːl/ like German
• /ˈɡlɒk.ənˌʃpiːl/ (UK)

Etymology

From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”).

Meanings

1. A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.

Forms

Deriveds

glock · keyboard glockenspiel · glockenspielist

Relateds

carillon · chimes

Translations (37)

es carillón (musical instrument) · eo kampaneto (musical instrument) · eu kariloi (musical instrument) · nb klokkespill (musical instrument) · fr carillon (musical instrument) · nn klokkespel (musical instrument) · pl kuranty (musical instrument) · nl beiaard (musical instrument) · it campanelli (musical instrument) · sq karijon (musical instrument) · et kellalüüra (musical instrument) · fi kellopeli (musical instrument) · vi chuông (musical instrument) · id lonceng kumpulan (musical instrument) · da klokkespil (musical instrument) · is klukkuspil (musical instrument) · tr glokenspil (musical instrument) · hu harangjáték (musical instrument) · sh zvonoigra (musical instrument) · fr jeu de timbres (musical instrument) · pl dzwonki (musical instrument) · de Glockenspiel (musical instrument) · cs zvonkohra (musical instrument) · sv klockspel (musical instrument) · bg глокеншпи́л (musical instrument) · sh zvoncici (musical instrument) · ru глокеншпиль (musical instrument) · yue 鐵片琴 /铁片琴 (musical instrument) · ja 鉄琴 (musical instrument) · ro glockenspiel (musical instrument) · nl klokkenspel (musical instrument) · ca carilló (musical instrument) · cmn 鐘琴 /钟琴 (musical instrument) · sk zvonkohra (musical instrument) · pt campainha (musical instrument) · cmn 鐘片琴 /钟片琴 (musical instrument) · mk глокеншпил (musical instrument)