xilofone

Afrikaans

Noun

xilofone

1. plural of xilofoon

Portuguese

Etymology

From xilo- +‎ -fone.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.loˈfõ.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.loˈfõ.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃi.loˈfo.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃi.lɔˈfɔ.nɨ/

• Hyphenation: xi‧lo‧fo‧ne

Noun

xilofone m (plural xilofones)

1. (music) xylophone (instrument consisting of wooden bars struck by mallets)

Further reading

• “xilofone”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “xilofone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026