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 (typically turned by a crank)

Synonyms

• roller organ
• street organ

Derived terms

• barrel organist

Translations

pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel

• Belarusian: катары́нка f (katarýnka), катры́нка f (katrýnka), шарма́нка f (šarmánka)
• Bulgarian: лате́рна m (latérna)
• Catalan: piano de maneta (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: flašinet (cs) m
• Danish: lirekasse c
• Dutch: draaiorgel (nl) n
• Esperanto: gurdo
• Estonian: väntorel
• Finnish: posetiivi (fi)
• French: orgue de Barbarie (fr) m
• Georgian: არღანი (arɣani)
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• German: Drehorgel (de) f, Leierkasten (de) m
• Icelandic: lírukassi m
• Irish: bairille-orgán m, orgán bairille m
• Italian: organo a rullo m
• Japanese: 手回しオルガン (temawashi orugan)
• Macedonian: вергл m (vergl)
• Polish: katarynka (pl) f
• Portuguese: realejo (pt) m
• Romanian: flașnetă (ro) f
• Russian: шарма́нка (ru) f (šarmánka)
• Spanish: organito m
• Swedish: positiv (sv)
• Turkish: lâterna (tr)
• Ukrainian: катери́нка f (katerýnka), шарма́нка f (šarmánka)

See also

• organ grinder