xilofone

Afrikaans

Noun

xilofone

plural of xilofoon

Portuguese

Etymology

From xilo- +‎ -fone.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.loˈfõ.ni/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.loˈfo.ne/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃi.lɔˈfɔ.nɨ/

Hyphenation: xi‧lo‧fo‧ne

Noun

xilofone m (plural xilofones)

(music) xylophone (instrument consisting of wooden bars struck by mallets)

Further reading

“xilofone”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“xilofone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026