Definitions for xylophoneˈzaɪ ləˌfoʊn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
xy•lo•phoneˈzaɪ ləˌfoʊn(n.)
a musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, usu. sounded by striking with small wooden hammers.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of xylophone:
1865–70
xy′lo•phon`ist(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
marimba, xylophone(noun)
a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
xylophone(noun)ˈzaɪ ləˌfoʊn
a percussion instrument with a row of wooden bars that produce different notes
to play the xylophone
Wiktionary
xylophone(Noun)
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?
Webster Dictionary
Xylophone(noun)
an instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle
Xylophone(noun)
an instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood
Translations for xylophone
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
xylophone(noun)
a musical instrument consisting of wooden or metal slats of various lengths, which produce different notes when struck by wooden hammers.
- xilofoonAfrikaans

- زيلوفون: آلة موسيقيَّهArabic

- ксилофонBulgarian

- xilofonePortuguese (BR)

- xylofonCzech

- das XylophonGerman

- xylofonDanish

- ξυλόφωνοGreek

- xilófonoSpanish

- ksülofonEstonian

- زیلوفونFarsi

- ksylofoniFinnish

- xylophoneFrench

- (מוּזִיקָה) קְסִילוֹפוֹןHebrew

- काष्ठतरंगHindi

- ksilofonCroatian

- xilofonHungarian

- silofonIndonesian

- tréspil, sílófónnIcelandic

- xilofono, silofonoItalian

- 木琴Japanese

- 실로폰Korean

- ksilofonasLithuanian

- ksilofonsLatvian

- zilofonMalay

- xylofoonDutch

- xylofonNorwegian

- ksylofonPolish

- زیلوفونPersian

- زیلوفونPashto

- xilofonePortuguese

- xilofonRomanian

- ксилофонRussian

- xylofónSlovak

- ksilofonSlovenian

- ksilofonSerbian

- xylofonSwedish

- เครื่องดนตรีลักษณะคล้ายระนาดThai

- ksilafon, vurmalı çalgıTurkish

- 木琴,手敲琴Chinese (Trad.)

- ксилофонUkrainian

- چوبی سنتورUrdu

- đàn phiến gỗVietnamese

- 木琴Chinese (Simp.)

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