cajón
English
Etymology
From Spanish cajón, augmentative of caja (“box”). Doublet of caisson and cassone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑˈhoʊn/
Noun
cajón (plural cajóns or cajones)
- (music) A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.
Derived terms
- cajonist
Translations
box-shaped percussion instrument
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Further reading
- cajón on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cajón. Related to caixão (“coffin”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈʁõ/ [kaˈhõ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈʁõ/ [kaˈχõ]
Noun
cajón m (plural cajones)
- (music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument)
Spanish
Etymology
From caja (“box”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈxon/ [kaˈxõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: ca‧jón
Noun
cajón m (plural cajones)
- drawer
- large box
- (music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument)
- (Latin America) coffin
- Synonym: ataúd
Derived terms
- cajón de sastre
- cajonear
- cajonero
- de cajón
- encajonar
Descendants
- → Cebuano: kahon
- → English: cajón
- → Portuguese: cajón
- → Tagalog: kahon
Further reading
- “cajón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014