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Definition: Xylophone |
XylophoneNoun1. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "xylophone" was first used: 1866. (references) |
Etymology: Xylophone \Xy"lo*phone\, noun. [Xylo- Greek fwnh` sound.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | A graduated series of hard wood bars played by hand-held hard beaters. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The xylophone makes use of both snare technique and advanced mallet techniques.
The xylophone has a brighter tone than its cousin the marimba, and the notes have less sustain. Modern xylophones include short resonating tubes below the bars. A xylophone with a range extending downwards into the marimba range is called a xylorimba.
The xylophone features in a number of classical pieces, with the Danse macabre (1874) by Camille Saint-Saëns, and "Fossils" from the same composer's Carnival of the Animals (1886) being two of the better known. An early use of the xylophone in a symphony is found in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6.
See also: Marimba, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Xylophone."
Synonym: XylophoneSynonym: marimba (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Xylophone |
| English words defined with "xylophone": vibes, vibraharp, vibraphone ♦ xylophonist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "xylophone": PERCUSSION-INSTRUMENT REPAIRER ♦ XYLOPHONES. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Xylophone" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (xylophone), German (xylophones). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Sustained chords with arpeggiated guitar and xylophone creating a calm setting. | | A xylophone playing a quick passage. |
| Xylophone. | | A major chord played on a xylophone. |
| Xylophone. | ||
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| "Xylophone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Xylophone" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.91% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
xylophone | 252 | child xylophone | 3 |
xylophone picture | 18 | kiganda xylophone | 3 |
history xylophone | 16 | instrument xylophone | 3 |
music for xylophone | 8 | build xylophone | 3 |
african xylophone | 7 | deagan xylophone | 3 |
toy xylophone | 5 | play xylophone | 2 |
make xylophone | 5 | xylophone and sale | 2 |
musser xylophone | 4 | math xylophone | 2 |
wooden xylophone | 4 | clipart xylophone | 2 |
limmy.com plaything xylophone | 3 | kundu xylophone | 2 |
information xylophone | 3 | length xylophone | 2 |
homemade xylophone | 3 | used xylophone | 2 |
pearl xylophone | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "xylophone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | xilofoon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ksilofon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كسيليفون, خشبية آلة موسيقية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basque | xilofono. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ксилофон. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 木琴. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | xylofon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | xylofon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | xylofoon, xyloffon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سنتورچوبی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | xylophone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Xylophon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξυλόφωνο (xelophone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | xilofon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | csileafón. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | xilofono. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 木琴 , シルボン紙 (aluminium and sicilicum alloy, lens-cleaning paper, oscilloscope, Singapore, Singapore dollar, singer, singer-songwriter, sink, sinker, sirocco, Sylvia, synchronize, synchrotron, syncretism, syrup, thin, think tank, think tanker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | シロホン , もっき". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 실로폰. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occitan | xilofòn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ylophonexay xilofone (dulcimer). (various references) xilofon. (various references) ксилофон. (various references) ksilofon. (various references) xilófono. (various references) xylofon. (various references) ksilofon. (various references) ксилофон. (various references) mộc cầm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | xylon. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "xylophone": xylophones. (additional references) | |
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"Xylophone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nyclopone, xelophone, xlophone, xyelophone, xylaphone, xylephone, xylophony. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "xylophone" (pronounced zī"lufō'n) |
| 5 | -l u f ō' n | allophone, telephone. |
| 4 | -u f ō' n | megaphone, microphone, saxophone, sousaphone. |
| 3 | -f ō' n | earphone, headphone, videophone. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-l-n-o-o-p-x-y" | |
-2 letters: phenoxy. | |
-3 letters: holpen, looney, openly, phenol, phenyl, phoney, phooey, phylon, poleyn. | |
-4 letters: epoxy, hexyl, holey, honey, hooey, hooly, hoyle, looey, loony, loopy, pelon, peony, phlox, phone, phono, phony, phyle, pylon. | |
-5 letters: enol, exon, expo, helo, help, hole, holp, holy, hone, hoop, hope, hype, hypo, leno, lone, loon, loop, lope, lynx, noel, nolo, nope, oleo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-l-n-o-o-p-x-y" | |
+1 letter: xylophones. | |
+5 letters: hydroxyproline, xenophobically. | |
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