Xylophone

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 German 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzɑɪ.lə.ˌfon/

Etymology

From Greek ξύλον (ksýlon, “wood”) and φωνή (fōnḗ, “sound”).

Noun

xylophone (plural: xylophone)

1. a musical instrument made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like hammer.

   All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

Translations

Arabic: زايلفون (zailufú:n) m. Danish: xylofon c. Dutch: xylofoon m. French: xylophone m. German: Xylophon n. Greek: Î¾Ï Î»ÏŒÏ†Ï‰Î½Î¿ (ksilófono) n. Hebrew: קסילופון (ksilofón) m. Italian: xilofono m.

Japanese: 木琴 (mokkin) Korean: 실로폰 (sillopon) Latin: xylophonium n. Portuguese: xilofone m. Russian: ксилофон (ksilofón) m. Slovak: xylofón m. Spanish: xilófono m.

See also

• glockenspiel
• marimba
• vibraphone

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /É¡zi.lɔ.fɔn/

Noun

xylophone m.

1. xylophone

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌksy.lɔ.ˈfoːnə/

Noun

Xylophone n.

1. plural of Xylophon.el:xylophone

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