balafon

From Mandinka balafoŋo.

balafon (plural balafons)

1. A wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.

   Alternative form: balaphone

   Synonym: bala

   Hypernym: idiophone

   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).

• balafon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Mandinka balafoŋo.

• IPA^(key): /ba.la.fɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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balafon m (plural balafons)

1. (music) balafon

• “balafon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from French balafon.

balafon n (plural balafoane)

1. balafon