glockenspiel
French, noun/ɡlɔ.kənʃ.pil/
glockenspiel is spelled G-L-O-C-K-E-N-S-P-I-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glockenspiel is a French masculine noun meaning “glockenspiel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Carillon d'orchestre composé autrefois de clochettes, aujourd'hui de lames de métal, que l'on met en…”.
What does glockenspiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglockenspiel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Carillon d'orchestre composé autrefois de clochettes, aujourd'hui de lames de métal, que l'on met en vibration à l'aide de maillets ou d'un clavier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of glockenspiel
- glockenspiels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glockenspiel?
- /ɡlɔ.kənʃ.pil/
- \ɡlɔ.kœn.ʃpil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is glockenspiel in French?
glockenspiel appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).