marimba
See also: marimbą
English
Etymology
From Portuguese marimba, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: mə-rĭmʹbə, IPA(key): /mə.ˈɹɪm.bə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: marim‧ba
Noun
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
Translations
musical instrument
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Cebuano
Etymology
From English marimba, from Portuguese, from Bantu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba
Finnish
Etymology
From Portuguese marimba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑrimbɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rimbɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑrimbɑ
- Syllabification(key): ma‧rim‧ba
Declension
| 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 marimbainrare | ||
| 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. | |||
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Further reading
- “marimba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Polish
marimba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈrim.ba/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -imba
- Syllabification: ma‧rim‧ba
Noun
marimba f
- marimba (percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre)
Declension
Declension of marimba
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | marimba | marimby |
| genitive | marimby | marimb |
| dative | marimbie | marimbom |
| accusative | marimbę | marimby |
| instrumental | marimbą | marimbami |
| locative | marimbie | marimbach |
| vocative | marimbo | marimby |
Related terms
nouns
- marimbafon
Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marǐmba/
- Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈɾimba/ [maˈɾĩm.ba]
- Rhymes: -imba
- Syllabification: ma‧rim‧ba
Derived terms
Further reading
- “marimba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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