different between vibraphone vs marimba

English

Alternative forms

• vibrophone

Etymology

From vibrato +? -phone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??.b??.?fo?n/

Noun

vibraphone (plural vibraphones)

1. A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above the tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.

Derived terms

• vibraphonist

Translations

French

Etymology

From vibrato +? -phone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.b?a.f?n/

Noun

vibraphone m (plural vibraphones)

1. vibraphone

Derived terms

• vibraphoniste

Further reading

• “vibraphone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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