ksylofon

Polish

ksylofon

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English xylophone, French xylophone, German Xylofon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ksɨˈlɔ.fɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔfɔn
• Syllabification: ksy‧lo‧fon

Noun

ksylofon m inan (related adjective ksylofonowy)

1. xylophone (any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives)

Declension

Declension of ksylofon

	singular	plural
nominative	ksylofon	ksylofony
genitive	ksylofonu	ksylofonów
dative	ksylofonowi	ksylofonom
accusative	ksylofon	ksylofony
instrumental	ksylofonem	ksylofonami
locative	ksylofonie	ksylofonach
vocative	ksylofonie	ksylofony

Derived terms

nouns

• ksylofonista
• ksylofonistka

 

Further reading

• ksylofon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ksylofon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• ksylofon in PWN's encyclopedia