glockenspiel

== English == === Etymology === From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”). === Pronunciation === enPR: glŏkʹən-shpēl' (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒk.ənˌʃpiːl/, or sometimes /-spiːl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑk.ənˌʃpil/, or sometimes /-spil/ (like German) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔk.n̩ˌʃpiːl/, /ˈɡlɔk.ŋ̩ˌʃpiːl/ Hyphenation: glock‧en‧spiel === Noun === glockenspiel (plural glockenspiels) (music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood. ==== Derived terms ==== glock glockenspielist keyboard glockenspiel ==== Related terms ==== chimes carillon ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Glockenspiel. === Pronunciation === === Noun === glockenspiel m (plural glockenspiels) glockenspiel === Further reading === “glockenspiel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Glockenspiel. === Noun === glockenspiel n (plural glockenspieluri) glockenspiel ==== Declension ====