marimba

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: mə-rĭmʹbə, IPA: /mə.ˈɹɪm.bə/, X-SAMPA: /m@"rImb@/
  • Hyphenation: marim‧ba

Noun[edit]

marimba (plural marimbas)

  1. A musical instrument similar to a xylophone but clearer in pitch.

Translations[edit]

musical instrument

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

Noun[edit]

marimba c (plural marimba's, diminutive marimbaatje)

  1. marimba

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

marimba

  1. (music) marimba

Declension[edit]

Declension of marimba (type kala)
singular plural
nominative marimba marimbat
genitive marimban marimbojen
marimbain1
partitive marimbaa marimboja
accusative marimba
marimban		 marimbat
inessive marimbassa marimboissa
elative marimbasta marimboista
illative marimbaan marimboihin
adessive marimballa marimboilla
ablative marimbalta marimboilta
allative marimballe marimboille
essive marimbana marimboina
translative marimbaksi marimboiksi
instructive – marimboin
abessive marimbatta marimboitta
comitative – marimboineen
1) Rare.   

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

marimba m

  1. marimba

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /marǐmba/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

Noun[edit]

marìmba m (Cyrillic spelling марѝмба)

  1. marimba

Declension[edit]

    declension of marimba
singular plural
nominative marimba marimbe
genitive marimbe marimba
dative marimbi marimbama
accusative marimbu marimbe
vocative marimbo marimbe
locative marimbi marimbama
instrumental marimbom marimbama

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /mɑ.ˈɾim.bɑ/

Noun[edit]

marimba f (plural marimbas)

  1. marimba
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