different between marimbaphone vs marimba

English

Etymology

marimba +? -phone

Noun

marimbaphone (plural marimbaphones)

1. (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba, but with either wooden or steel keys designed to be bowed as well as played normally, developed by J.C. Deagan in early 20th century United States.

Translations

Usage notes

In musical scores, such as for orchestral music, the word marimbaphone often refers to the normal marimba rather than the other instrument more precisely known as the marimbaphone.

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