cajón

From Spanish cajón, augmentative of caja (“box”). Doublet of caisson and cassone.

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈhoʊn/

cajón (plural cajóns or cajones)

1. (music) A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.

• cajonist

• cajón on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cajón. Related to caixão (“coffin”).

• Hyphenation: ca‧jón

cajón m (plural cajones)

1. (music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument)

From caja (“box”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈxon/ [kaˈxõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ca‧jón

cajón m (plural cajones)

1. a large box
2. drawer

   Synonym: gaveta

3. (music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument)
4. (Latin America) coffin

   Synonym: ataúd

• → Cebuano: kahon
• → English: cajón
• → Portuguese: cajón
• → Tagalog: kahon, kason

• “cajón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014