glockenspiel
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English
Etymology
From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: glŏkʹən-shpēl'
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒk.ənˌʃpiːl/, or sometimes /-spiːl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑk.ənˌʃpil/, or sometimes /-spil/
- (like German) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔk.n̩ˌʃpiːl/, /ˈɡlɔk.ŋ̩ˌʃpiːl/
- Hyphenation: glock‧en‧spiel
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
glockenspiel (plural glockenspiels)
- (music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
Derived terms
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Translations
musical instrument
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French
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Glockenspiel.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
glockenspiel m (plural glockenspiels)
Further reading
- “glockenspiel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Glockenspiel.
Noun
glockenspiel n (plural glockenspieluri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | glockenspiel | glockenspielul | glockenspieluri | glockenspielurile | |
| genitive-dative | glockenspiel | glockenspielului | glockenspieluri | glockenspielurilor | |
| vocative | glockenspielule | glockenspielurilor | |||