xylophone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/ (General-American)
- /ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn/ (UK)
Etymology
From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).
Meanings
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Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| xylophones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
concert xylophone · metal xylophone · xylophonist · stone xylophone
Relateds
vibraphone · marimba · sticcado · glockenspiel
Translations (81)
sk xylofón (musical instrument) · sl ksilofon (musical instrument) · nb xylofon (musical instrument) · bo ཤིང་དཀྲོལ། (musical instrument) · fo sylofon (musical instrument) · el ξυλόφωνο (musical instrument) · es xilófono (musical instrument) · et ksülofon (musical instrument) · nds-de Xylofon (musical instrument) · it xilofono (musical instrument) · la xylophonium (musical instrument) · af xilofoon (musical instrument) · mdf кальхциямат (musical instrument) · yi קסילאָפֿאָן (musical instrument) · cy seiloffon (musical instrument) · pl ksylofon (musical instrument) · ms xilofon (musical instrument) · nl xylofoon (musical instrument) · lt ksilofonas (musical instrument) · fi ksylofoni (musical instrument) · my ပတ္တလား (musical instrument) · ru ксилофо́н (musical instrument) · id xilofon (musical instrument) · oc xilofòn (musical instrument) · mwl xilofone (musical instrument) · uz ksilofon (musical instrument) · hy քսիլոֆոն (musical instrument) · yue 木琴 (musical instrument) · fa سنتور چوبی (musical instrument) · tr ksilofon (musical instrument) · sq ksilofon (musical instrument) · uk ксилофо́н (musical instrument) · ast xilófonu (musical instrument) · de Xylophon (musical instrument) · bg ксилофо́н (musical instrument) · ta சுரம் இசைவி (musical instrument) · io xilofono (musical instrument) · th ไซโลโฟน (musical instrument) · tl silopono (musical instrument) · sh ksilofon (musical instrument) · sw marimba ya kizungu (musical instrument) · cs xylofon (musical instrument) · kmr darînk (musical instrument) · th ระนาด (musical instrument) · cmn 木琴 (musical instrument) · pt xilofone (musical instrument) · gl xilófono (musical instrument) · eo ksilofono (musical instrument) · sv xylofon (musical instrument) · tog mangurongondo class 6 (musical instrument) · chr ᎠᏓ ᏗᎦᎾᎵ ᏗᎬᏅᏍᏙᏗ (musical instrument) · mk ксилофон (musical instrument) · ga xileafón (musical instrument) · fr xylophone (musical instrument) · hu xilofon (musical instrument) · ja 木琴 (musical instrument) · ja シロフォン (musical instrument) · mdf ксилофон (musical instrument) · am ዛይሎፎን (musical instrument) · az ksilofon (musical instrument) · szl ksylofůn (musical instrument) · eu xilofono (musical instrument) · gd saidhleafon (musical instrument) · vi mộc cầm (musical instrument) · he קסילופון (musical instrument) · gd sèileafon (musical instrument) · ca xilòfon (musical instrument) · fy ksylofoan (musical instrument) · mg atranatrana (musical instrument) · si සයිලොෆෝන් (musical instrument) · ro xilofon (musical instrument) · lv ksilofons (musical instrument) · da xylofon (musical instrument) · mr जाय्लोफोन (musical instrument) · is sílófónn (musical instrument) · ko 실로폰 (musical instrument) · ar سِيلُوفُون (musical instrument) · nn xylofon (musical instrument) · es marimba (musical instrument) · nds-de Xylophon (musical instrument) · be ксілафо́н (musical instrument)