marimba

From Portuguese marimba, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”).

• enPR: mə-rĭmʹbə, IPA^(key): /məˈɹɪm.bə/

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• Hyphenation: marim‧ba

marimba (plural marimbas)

1. (music) A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre.

   Synonym: (see usage notes) 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.

• marimba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From English marimba, from Portuguese, from Bantu.

• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

marimba

1. a marimba

From Portuguese marimba.

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• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

marimba c (plural marimba's, diminutive marimbaatje n)

1. marimba

From Portuguese marimba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrimbɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rimbɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrimbɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧rim‧ba

marimba

1. (music) marimba

• “marimba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁim.ba/

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marimba m (plural marimbas)

1. marimba

Borrowed from Spanish marimba.

• IPA^(key): /maˈrim.ba/

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• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: ma‧rim‧ba

marimba f

1. marimba (percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre)

• marimba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• marimba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• marimba in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Kimbundu marimba.

• Rhymes: -ĩbɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

marimba f (plural marimbas)

1. marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)

• “marimba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

• IPA^(key): /marǐmba/
• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

marìmba m (Cyrillic spelling марѝмба)

1. marimba

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾimba/ [maˈɾĩm.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: ma‧rim‧ba

marimba f (plural marimbas)

1. marimba

• “marimba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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marimba (n class, plural marimba)

1. marimba, xylophone