xilofone
Portuguese, noun/ʃi.loˈfõ.ni/
xilofone is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “xylophone (instrument consisting of wooden bars struck by mallets)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento de percussão constituído por lâminas de madeira de tamanhos diversos de modo a reproduzir as…”.
What does xilofone mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinexylophone (instrument consisting of wooden bars struck by mallets)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento de percussão constituído por lâminas de madeira de tamanhos diversos de modo a reproduzir as escalas musicais quando percutidos por baquetas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of xilofone
- xilofones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xilofone?
- Brazil /ʃi.loˈfõ.ni/
- Portugal /ʃi.lɔˈfɔ.nɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xilofone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xilofone in Portuguese?
xilofone appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).