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xylophone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/ (General-American)
  • /ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn/ (UK)

Etymology

From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).

Meanings

  1. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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)

wikidata: Q165666

xylophone en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/ (General-American)
  • /ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn/ (UK)

Etymology

From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).

Meanings

  1. To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
  2. To move above a ridged surface or series of surfaces so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.
    • Like a cat, I arch into the back of the bench, my spine xylophoning along the slats while the tension of the day slowly drains out of me. I'm totally chill and mellow. 2010 October 26, Barrie Summy, I So Don't Do Spooky, Yearling, →ISBN, page 27:
    • my eager fingers xylophoning over the memories 2002, Amu Nnadi, The Fire Within: Poetry : Includes the Abiola Manuscript:
    • The others waged active war, claws xylophoning across Jack's pinwheeling swords. 2015 July 7, Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus, Trollhunters: The Book That Inspired the Netflix Animated Series TROLLHUNTERS!, Disney Electronic Content, →ISBN:
    • His right hand, the good one, found one of Glass's ankles, pulled. Glass fell, her ulna, clavicle, pevis, and kneecap xylophoning along stair edges. 2020 August 4, George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus, The Living Dead, Tor Books, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
xylophoning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
xylophones Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
xylophoned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
xylophoned Tense=Past lexicographic