different between marimba vs mbira

English

Etymology

From Portuguese marimba, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?-r?m?b?, IPA^(key): /m?.???m.b?/
• Hyphenation: marim?ba

Noun

marimba (plural marimbas)

1. (music) A musical instrument similar to a xylophone but clearer in pitch.

   Synonym: (also a separate instrument, but in musical scores, marimbaphone may refer to the classic marimba) marimbaphone

   Hyponyms: glass marimba, stone marimba

   • 2009, Scott Kelby, Terry White, The iPhone Book, Third Edition (Covers iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch), Peachpit Press (?ISBN)

     The default ringtone for your iPhone is a marimba sound, but if you'd like to change it, start at the Home screen, then tap on the Settings icon.

Derived terms

• marimbist, marimbaist
• xylorimba

Translations

Further reading

• marimba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Etymology

From English marimba, from Portuguese, from Bantu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?rim?ba

Noun

marimba

1. a marimba

Dutch

Etymology

From Portuguese marimba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?rim?ba

Noun

marimba c (plural marimba's, diminutive marimbaatje n)

1. marimba

Finnish

Noun

marimba

1. (music) marimba

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?im.ba/

Noun

marimba m (plural marimbas)

1. marimba

Portuguese

Noun

marimba f (plural marimbas)

1. marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar?mba/
• Hyphenation: ma?rim?ba

Noun

marìmba m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. marimba

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??imba/, [ma???m.ba]

Noun

marimba f (plural marimbas)

1. marimba

Further reading

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

marimba (n class, plural marimba)

1. marimba

English

Etymology

From Shona mbira (“thumb piano”).

Noun

mbira (plural mbiras)

1. (music) A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.

Synonyms

• sanza
• thumb piano or finger piano

Hyponyms

• kalimba
• likembe
• marimba

Derived terms

• array mbira

References

• 2003. "Mbira (Thumb Piano)". Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Edited by John Shepherd. Pg. 388.

Anagrams

• MBARI, abrim, imbar, mbari

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bí.?a/

Noun

mbíra 9 (plural mbíra 10)

1. rock hyrax

Lindu

Noun

mbira

1. part; section

Shona

Noun

mbíra 9 (plural mbíra 10)

1. rock hyrax

Noun

mbira 9 (plural mbira 10)

1. thumb piano; mbira