marimba
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See also: marimbą
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese marimba, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: mə-rĭmʹbə, IPA(key): /məˈɹɪm.bə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: marim‧ba
Noun
[edit]marimba (plural marimbas)
- (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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]musical instrument
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Further reading
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English marimba, from Portuguese, from Bantu.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba
Noun
[edit]marimba
- a marimba
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese marimba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba
Noun
[edit]marimba c (plural marimba's, diminutive marimbaatje n)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese marimba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marimba
Declension
[edit]Inflection of marimba (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | marimba | marimbat | |
genitive | marimban | marimboiden marimboitten marimbojen | |
partitive | marimbaa | marimboita marimboja | |
illative | marimbaan | marimboihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | marimba | marimbat | |
accusative | nom. | marimba | marimbat |
gen. | marimban | ||
genitive | marimban | marimboiden marimboitten marimbojen marimbain rare | |
partitive | marimbaa | marimboita marimboja | |
inessive | marimbassa | marimboissa | |
elative | marimbasta | marimboista | |
illative | marimbaan | marimboihin | |
adessive | marimballa | marimboilla | |
ablative | marimbalta | marimboilta | |
allative | marimballe | marimboille | |
essive | marimbana | marimboina | |
translative | marimbaksi | marimboiksi | |
abessive | marimbatta | marimboitta | |
instructive | — | marimboin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “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
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marimba m (plural marimbas)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish marimba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marimba f
- marimba (percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre)
Declension
[edit]Declension of marimba
Related terms
[edit]nouns
Further reading
[edit]- marimba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- marimba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- marimba in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Kimbundu marimba.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ĩbɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba
Noun
[edit]marimba f (plural marimbas)
- marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “marimba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marìmba m (Cyrillic spelling марѝмба)
Declension
[edit]Declension of marimba
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marimba f (plural marimbas)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]marimba class IX (plural marimba class X)
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrimbɑ
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- Rhymes:Polish/imba
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- Rhymes:Spanish/imba
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- es:Musical instruments
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