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xylophone in Malay

xilofon

UK/ˈzaɪ.ləˌfəʊn//ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/

xylophone in Malay: xilofon. In English, xylophone means any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

Malay words for xylophone

musical instrument
xilofon

English meaning of xylophone

  1. noun Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.
  2. verb To play a xylophone or to play something else as though it was a xylophone.
  3. verb To move above a ridged surface or series of surfaces so as to hit every ridge, in a manner similar to playing quickly and sequentially on a xylophone.

Full definition of xylophone

xylophone in a sentence

  • All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

xylophone in other languages

Questions about xylophone in Malay

What is the meaning of xylophone in Malay?
Xylophone in Malay is xilofon.
Apakah maksud xylophone dalam bahasa Melayu?
Xylophone: xilofon.
What does xylophone mean in English?
Xylophone means any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xylophone (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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