marimba

From Portuguese, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”).

• enPR: mə-rĭmʹbə, IPA^(key): /mə.ˈɹɪm.bə/
• Hyphenation: marim‧ba

marimba (plural marimbas)

1. (music) A musical instrument similar to a xylophone but clearer in pitch.

• marimbaphone (also a separate instrument, but in musical scores, marimbaphone may refer to the classic marimba)

• glass marimba
• stone marimba

• marimbist, marimbaist
• xylorimba

From English marimba, from Portuguese, from Bantu.

• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

marimba

1. a marimba

From Portuguese marimba.

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• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

marimba c (plural marimba's, diminutive marimbaatje n)

1. marimba

marimba

1. (music) marimba

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁim.ba/

marimba m (plural marimbas)

1. marimba

marimba f (plural marimbas)

1. marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)

• IPA^(key): /marǐmba/
• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

marìmba m (Cyrillic spelling марѝмба)

1. marimba

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾimba/, [maˈɾĩmba]

marimba f (plural marimbas)

1. marimba

• “marimba” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

marimba (n class, plural marimba)

1. marimba