different between clarinet vs maraca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet).

Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæ???n?t/, /?kl????n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

clarinet (plural clarinets)

1. (music) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

   Synonym: agony-pipe

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chalumeau

Anagrams

• INTERCAL, litracen

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kl?.?i?n?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kl?.?i?n?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kla.?i?net/

Noun

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

Friulian

Noun

clarinet m (plural clarinets)

1. clarinet

Romanian

Noun

clarinet n (plural clarinete)

1. (music) clarinet

Synonyms

• clarinet?

English

Etymology

From Portuguese, derived from Old Tupi maráka or Guaraní mbaraka.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /m???æ.k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m????.k?/
• Rhymes: -æk?

Noun

maraca (plural maracas)

1. (music) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.
2. (slang, in the plural) breasts

Derived terms

• maracaist

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Camara

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maraca.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m???a.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma??a.ka/

Noun

maraca f (plural maraques)

1. maraca

Danish

Noun

maraca c (singular definite maracaen, plural indefinite maracaer)

1. maraca

Declension

References

• “maraca” in Den Danske Ordbog

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi maráka or Guaraní mbaraka

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma??a.k?/
• Hyphenation: ma?ra?ca

Noun

maraca f (plural maracas)

1. A maraca, percussion instrument

Spanish

Etymology

From Guaraní mbaracá.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?ra?ca

Noun

maraca f (plural maracas)

1. a maraca, percussion instrument
2. (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a whore
3. (Chile, Argentina, derogatory) a gay

Related terms

• maraco

Further reading

• “maraca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• cámara