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vibraphone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈvɑɪ.bɹəˌfəʊn/

Etymology

Etymology tree English vibra(to) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone English vibraphone From vibra(to) + -phone.

Meanings

  1. A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above a tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.

Forms

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vibraphones Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

vibraphonist

Translations (30)

mk ви́брафон (percussion instrument) · ru вибрафо́н (percussion instrument) · cs vibrafon (percussion instrument) · tr vibrafon (percussion instrument) · id vibrafon (percussion instrument) · eo vibrafono (percussion instrument) · pl wibrafon (percussion instrument) · sv vibrafon (percussion instrument) · cmn 顫音琴 /颤音琴 (percussion instrument) · gl vibráfono (percussion instrument) · it vibrafono (percussion instrument) · nl vibrafoon (percussion instrument) · da vibrafon (percussion instrument) · es vibráfono (percussion instrument) · is víbrafónn (percussion instrument) · sh vibrafon (percussion instrument) · ja ビブラフォン (percussion instrument) · et vibrafon (percussion instrument) · fr vibraphone (percussion instrument) · sh вибрафон (percussion instrument) · bg вибрафон (percussion instrument) · hu vibrafon (percussion instrument) · cmn 震音鐵琴 /震音铁琴 (percussion instrument) · no vibrafon (percussion instrument) · ro vibrafon (percussion instrument) · ca vibràfon (percussion instrument) · fi vibrafoni (percussion instrument) · de Vibraphon (percussion instrument) · sl vibrafon (percussion instrument) · pt vibrafone (percussion instrument)