barrel organ

English

Noun

barrel organ (plural barrel organs)

1. A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel.

Synonyms

• roller organ
• street organ

Derived terms

• barrel organist

Translations

pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel

• Bulgarian: лате́рна m (latérna)
• Catalan: piano de maneta (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手搖風琴 (zh), 手摇风琴 (zh) (shǒuyáo fēngqín)

• Czech: flašinet (cs) m
• Dutch: draaiorgel (nl)
• Finnish: posetiivi (fi)
• French: orgue de Barbarie (fr) m
• German: Drehorgel (de) f, Leierkasten (de) m

• Irish: bairille-orgán m, orgán bairille m
• Japanese: 手回しオルガン (temawashi orugan)
• Macedonian: вергл m (vergl)
• Polish: katarynka (pl) f
• Portuguese: realejo (pt) m
• Russian: шарма́нка (ru) f (šarmánka)
• Spanish: organito m
• Swedish: positiv (sv)
• Ukrainian: катери́нка f (katerýnka), шарма́нка f (šarmánka)

See also

• organ grinder