Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any musical instrument that produces sound via the vibration of a stretched membrane.

    Membranophon

    a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

Translations

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Origin

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

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Forms

plural: membranophones
Singularmembranophone
Pluralmembranophones

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end:drumtympan

Word family

1 related words

See also

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membranophone — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto