marimba

marimba

See also: marimbą

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

marimba (plural marimbas)

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

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

   Hyponyms: glass marimba, stone marimba

   • 2009, Scott Kelby; Terry White, The iPhone Book, Third Edition (Covers iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch), Peachpit Press, →ISBN:

     The default ringtone for your iPhone is a marimba sound, but if you'd like to change it, start at the Home screen, then tap on the Settings icon.

Derived terms

• marimbist, marimbaist
• xylorimba

Translations

musical instrument

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: маримба f (marimba) Catalan: marimba f Chinese: Mandarin: 馬林巴琴／马林巴琴 (mǎlínbāqín) Dutch: marimba (nl) m Finnish: marimba (fi) French: marimba (fr) m German: Marimbaphon n Hungarian: marimba (hu) Irish: mairimbe f Italian: marimba Japanese: マリンバ (ja) (marinba) Portuguese: marimba (pt) f Romanian: marimba (ro) f Russian: мари́мба (ru) f (marímba) Spanish: marimba (es) f Swahili: marimba Swedish: marimba (sv) c Tagalog: marimba Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• marimba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English marimba, from Portuguese, from Bantu.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

Noun

marimba

1. a marimba

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Dutch

Etymology

From Portuguese marimba.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ma‧rim‧ba

Noun

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

1. marimba

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Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese marimba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrimbɑ/, [ˈmɑrimbɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrimbɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧rim‧ba

Noun

marimba

1. (music) marimba

Declension

Inflection of marimba (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		marimba	marimbat
genitive		marimban	marimboiden marimboitten marimbojen
partitive		marimbaa	marimboita marimboja
illative		marimbaan	marimboihin
		singular	plural
nominative		marimba	marimbat
accusative	nom.	marimba	marimbat
	gen.	marimban
genitive		marimban	marimboiden marimboitten marimbojen marimbainrare
partitive		marimbaa	marimboita marimboja
inessive		marimbassa	marimboissa
elative		marimbasta	marimboista
illative		marimbaan	marimboihin
adessive		marimballa	marimboilla
ablative		marimbalta	marimboilta
allative		marimballe	marimboille
essive		marimbana	marimboina
translative		marimbaksi	marimboiksi
instructive		—	marimboin
abessive		marimbatta	marimboitta
comitative		—	marimboineen

Possessive forms of marimba (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	marimbani	marimbamme
2nd person	marimbasi	marimbanne
3rd person	marimbansa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁim.ba/

• Audio

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Noun

marimba m (plural marimbas)

1. marimba

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marimba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrim.ba/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: ma‧rim‧ba

Noun

marimba f

1. (music instrument) marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)

Declension

Declension of marimba

	singular	plural
nominative	marimba	marimby
genitive	marimby	marimb
dative	marimbie	marimbom
accusative	marimbę	marimby
instrumental	marimbą	marimbami
locative	marimbie	marimbach
vocative	marimbo	marimby

Further reading

• marimba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• marimba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

marimba f (plural marimbas)

1. marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

marìmba m (Cyrillic spelling марѝмба)

1. marimba

Declension

Declension of marimba

	singular	plural
nominative	marimba	marimbe
genitive	marimbe	marimba
dative	marimbi	marimbama
accusative	marimbu	marimbe
vocative	marimbo	marimbe
locative	marimbi	marimbama
instrumental	marimbom	marimbama

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾimba/ [maˈɾĩm.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: ma‧rim‧ba

Noun

marimba f (plural marimbas)

1. marimba

Derived terms

• marimbero

Further reading

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

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

marimba (n class, plural marimba)

1. marimba