xylophone
Any musical instrument made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the…Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
» Tom plays the xylophone.
Tom spielt Xylophon. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том играет на ксилофоне. — Wezel
Том грає на ксилофоні. — deniko
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAny musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?
Xylophon
ксилофо́нksilofón
ксилофо́нksylofón
a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
Examples
22 sentencesTom plays the xylophone.
Том грає на ксилофоні. — deniko
ruТом играет на ксилофоне. — Wezel
deTom spielt Xylophon. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Have you ever tried playing the xylophone?
Tom plays the xylophone better than Mary does.
deTom spielt besser Xylophon als Mary. — Tamy
Tom told me he got his xylophone for free.
I want to learn how to play the xylophone.
ruЯ хочу научиться играть на ксилофоне. — marafon
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: xylophones| Singular | xylophone |
|---|---|
| Plural | xylophones |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets:marimba