xylophone

xy·lo·phone  (zl-fn) n. A percussion instrument consisting of a mounted row of wooden bars graduated in length to sound a chromatic scale, played with two small mallets. xylo·phonist n. Word History: Alphabet books for children frequently feature the word xylophone because it is one of the few words beginning with x that a child (or most adults, for that matter) would know. The majority of English words beginning with x, including many obscure scientific terms, are of Greek origin, the x, pronounced (z), representing the Greek letter xi. In the case of xylophone, xylo- is a form meaning "wood," derived from Greek xulon, "wood," and -phone represents Greek phn, "voice, sound," the same element found in words such as telephone, microphone, and megaphone. Our famous x word is first recorded in the April 7, 1866, edition of the Athenaeum: "A prodigy ... who does wonderful things with little drumsticks on a machine of wooden keys, called the 'xylophone.'"

xylophone

Thesaurus

Noun

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xylophone - a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets marimba percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another

Translations

xylophone [ˈzaɪləfəun] n → xilófono

xylophone [ˈzaɪləfəun] n → xylophone m

xylophone [ˈzaɪləfəun] n → Xylofon nt

xylophone [ˈzaɪləfəun] n → xilofono

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xylophone

n xylophone [ˈzailəfəun]

a musical instrument consisting of wooden or metal slats of various lengths, which produce different notes when struck by wooden hammers. xilofoon زيلوفون: آلة موسيقيَّه ксилофон xylofon xylofon das Xylophon ξυλόφωνο xilófono ksülofon زیلوفون ksylofoni xylophone (מוּזִיקָה) קְסִילוֹפוֹן काष्ठतरंग ksilofon xilofon silofon tréspil, sílófónn xilofono, silofono 木琴 ksilofonas ksilofons zilofon xylofoon xylofon ksylofon xilofone xilofon ксилофон xylofón ksilofon ksilofon xylofon เครื่องดนตรีลักษณะคล้ายระนาด ksilafon, vurmalı çalgı 木琴 ксилофон چوبی سنتور đàn phiến gỗ 木琴