marimba

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese marimba, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”). === Pronunciation === enPR: mə-rĭmʹbə, IPA(key): /məˈɹɪm.bə/ Hyphenation: marim‧ba === Noun === marimba (plural marimbas) (music) A percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre. Synonym: (see usage notes) marimbaphone Hyponyms: glass marimba, stone marimba ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === marimba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English marimba, from Portuguese, from Bantu. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba === Noun === marimba a marimba == Dutch == === Etymology === From Portuguese marimba. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba === Noun === marimba c (plural marimba's, diminutive marimbaatje n) marimba == Finnish == === Etymology === From Portuguese marimba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɑrimbɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rimbɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑrimbɑ Syllabification(key): ma‧rim‧ba Hyphenation(key): ma‧rim‧ba === Noun === marimba (music) marimba ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “marimba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.ʁim.ba/ === Noun === marimba m (plural marimbas) marimba == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish marimba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈrim.ba/ Rhymes: -imba Syllabification: ma‧rim‧ba === Noun === marimba f marimba (percussion instrument with African origins, similar to a xylophone with resonators, but much lower in range and darker in timbre) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “marimba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “marimba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) marimba in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Kimbundu marimba. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ĩbɐ Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba === Noun === marimba f (plural marimbas) marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “marimba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “marimba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “marimba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /marǐmba/ Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba === Noun === marìmba f (Cyrillic spelling марѝмба) marimba ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈɾimba/ [maˈɾĩm.ba] Rhymes: -imba Syllabification: ma‧rim‧ba === Noun === marimba f (plural marimbas) marimba ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “marimba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. === Pronunciation === === Noun === marimba class IX (plural marimba class X) marimba, xylophone