glockenspiel

From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”).

• 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

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glockenspiel (plural glockenspiels)

1. (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. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.

• glock
• glockenspielist
• keyboard glockenspiel

• chimes
• carillon

Unadapted borrowing from German Glockenspiel.

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glockenspiel m (plural glockenspiels)

1. glockenspiel

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

Unadapted borrowing from German Glockenspiel.

glockenspiel n (plural glockenspieluri)

1. glockenspiel