xylophone
(zaɪləfoʊn)
Word forms: plural xylophones
countable noun
A xylophone is a musical instrument which consists of a row of wooden bars of different lengths. You play the xylophone by hitting the bars with special hammers.
xylophone in British English
(ˈzaɪləˌfəʊn)
noun
music
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars of graduated length. It is played with hard-headed hammers
Derived forms
xylophonic (ˌzaɪləˈfɒnɪk) adjective
xylophonist (zaɪˈlɒfənɪst)
noun
Word origin
C19: from xylo- + -phonexylophone in American English
(ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn)
noun
a musical percussion instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars graduated in length so as to sound the notes of the scale when struck with mallets
Derived forms
xylophonist (ˈxyloˌphonist) (ˈzaɪləˌfoʊnɪst; zaɪˈlɑfənɪst) noun
Word origin
xylo- + -phoneImage ofxylophone
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Examples of 'xylophone' in a sentencexylophone
Word lists withxylophone
instrument, orchestraIn other languagesxylophone
British English: xylophone /ˈzaɪləˌfəʊn/ NOUN
A xylophone is a musical instrument which consists of a row of wooden bars of different lengths. You play the xylophone by hitting the bars with special hammers.
- American English: xylophone
- Arabic: سَيْليفُون
- Brazilian Portuguese: xilofone
- Chinese: 木琴
- Croatian: ksilofon
- Czech: xylofon
- Danish: xylofon
- Dutch: xylofoon
- European Spanish: xilófono
- Finnish: ksylofoni
- French: xylophone
- German: Xylophon
- Greek: ξυλόφωνο
- Italian: xilofono
- Japanese: シロホン
- Korean: 실로폰
- Norwegian: xylofon
- Polish: ksylofon
- European Portuguese: xilofone
- Romanian: xilofon
- Russian: ксилофон
- Latin American Spanish: xilófono
- Swedish: xylofon
- Thai: ระนาดฝรั่ง
- Turkish: ksilofon
- Ukrainian: ксилофон
- Vietnamese: mộc cầm
Chinese translation of 'xylophone'
xylophone
(ˈzaɪləfəun)
n (c)
-
木琴
(mùqín) (个(個), gè)