balafon
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editbalafon (plural balafons)
- A wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.
- 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
- He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).
Synonyms
editHypernyms
editTranslations
editA percussion idiophone of West Africa
See also
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Mandinka balafoŋo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbalafon m (plural balafons)
Further reading
edit- “balafon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editbalafon n (plural balafoane)
Declension
editDeclension of balafon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) balafon | balafonul | (niște) balafoane | balafoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) balafon | balafonului | (unor) balafoane | balafoanelor |
vocative | balafonule | balafoanelor |
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- English terms derived from Mandinka
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Percussion instruments
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- French terms derived from Mandinka
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Musical instruments
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns