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"text": "All I know how to play on my xylophone is \"Mary Had a Little Lamb\". Would you like to hear it?",
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"(music) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives."
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{
"word": "marimba"
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofoon"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sīlūfūn",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "سِيلُوفُون"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿsilofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "քսիլոֆոն"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "xilófonu"
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{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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{
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "patta.la:",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ပတ္တလား"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ada diganali digvnvsdodi",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ᎠᏓ ᏗᎦᎾᎵ ᏗᎬᏅᏍᏙᏗ"
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "muk⁶ kam⁴",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "木琴"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mùqín",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "木琴"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofon"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "xylofon"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"masculine"
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"word": "xylofoon"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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"word": "sylofon"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksylofoni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylophone"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilófono"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Xylophon"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xylófono",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ksilofón",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קסילופון"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofon"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sílófónn"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofono"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofon"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xileafón"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "xilofono"
},
{
"alt": "もっきん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mokkin",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "木琴"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "シロフォン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sillopon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "실로폰"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "darînk"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "xylophonium"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "ksilofons"
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "Xylophon"
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{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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],
"word": "Xylofon"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ksilofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ксилофон"
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{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "atranatrana"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofon"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "jāylophon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जाय्लोफोन"
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{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofone"
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{
"code": "mdf",
"lang": "Moksha",
"roman": "kaľhćijamat",
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"word": "кальхциямат"
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{
"code": "mdf",
"lang": "Moksha",
"roman": "kśilofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ксилофон"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofon"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofon"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilofòn"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "سنتور چوبی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ksylofon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilofone"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilofon"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ksilofón",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ксилофо́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ksilofon"
},
{
"code": "szl",
"lang": "Silesian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksylofůn"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "sayilofōn",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "සයිලොෆෝන්"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofón"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ksilofon"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "xilófono"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "marimba"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "zilofoni"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "marimba ya kizungu"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "xylofon"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "silopono"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "curam icaivi",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "சுரம் இசைவி"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rá-nâat",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ระนาด"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ไซโลโฟน"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"english": "shing dkrol",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ཤིང་དཀྲོལ།"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksilofon"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "ксилофо́н"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksilofon"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "mộc cầm"
},
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "seiloffon"
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"code": "fy",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"code": "yi",
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"ref": "2002, Amu Nnadi, The Fire Within: Poetry : Includes the Abiola Manuscript",
"text": "my eager fingers xylophoning over the memories",
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"ref": "2010 October 26, Barrie Summy, I So Don't Do Spooky, Yearling, page 27",
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"ref": "2015 July 7, Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus, Trollhunters: The Book That Inspired the Netflix Animated Series TROLLHUNTERS!, Disney Electronic Content",
"text": "The others waged active war, claws xylophoning across Jack's pinwheeling swords.",
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{
"ref": "2020 August 4, George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus, The Living Dead, Tor Books",
"text": "His right hand, the good one, found one of Glass's ankles, pulled. Glass fell, her ulna, clavicle, pevis, and kneecap xylophoning along stair edges.",
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"concert xylophone",
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"(music) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives."
],
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"lifestyle",
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]
}
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"tags": [
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/",
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofoon"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksilofon"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sīlūfūn",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سِيلُوفُون"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿsilofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "քսիլոֆոն"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilófonu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksilofon"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofono"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ksilafón",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ксілафо́н"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ksilofón",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ксилофо́н"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "patta.la:",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ပတ္တလား"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilòfon"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ada diganali digvnvsdodi",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ᎠᏓ ᏗᎦᎾᎵ ᏗᎬᏅᏍᏙᏗ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "muk⁶ kam⁴",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "木琴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mùqín",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "木琴"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofon"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "xylofon"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofoon"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksilofono"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksülofon"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sylofon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksylofoni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylophone"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilófono"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Xylophon"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xylófono",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ξυλόφωνο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ksilofón",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קסילופון"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofon"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sílófónn"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofono"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofon"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xileafón"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilofono"
},
{
"alt": "もっきん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mokkin",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "木琴"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "シロフォン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sillopon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "실로폰"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "darînk"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "xylophonium"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ksilofons"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ksilofonas"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "Xylophon"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "Xylofon"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ksilofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ксилофон"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "atranatrana"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofon"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "jāylophon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जाय्लोफोन"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "xilofone"
},
{
"code": "mdf",
"lang": "Moksha",
"roman": "kaľhćijamat",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "кальхциямат"
},
{
"code": "mdf",
"lang": "Moksha",
"roman": "kśilofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ксилофон"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofon"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilofòn"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "سنتور چوبی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ksylofon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilofone"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilofon"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ksilofón",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ксилофо́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ksilofon"
},
{
"code": "szl",
"lang": "Silesian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksylofůn"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "sayilofōn",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "සයිලොෆෝන්"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xylofón"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ksilofon"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xilófono"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marimba"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "zilofoni"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "marimba ya kizungu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "xylofon"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "silopono"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "curam icaivi",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "சுரம் இசைவி"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rá-nâat",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ระนาด"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ไซโลโฟน"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"english": "shing dkrol",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ཤིང་དཀྲོལ།"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksilofon"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ksylofón",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ксилофо́н"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksilofon"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "mộc cầm"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seiloffon"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ksylofoan"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "ksilofon",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קסילאָפֿאָן"
}
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"xylophone"
],
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}
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"ref": "2002, Amu Nnadi, The Fire Within: Poetry : Includes the Abiola Manuscript",
"text": "my eager fingers xylophoning over the memories",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010 October 26, Barrie Summy, I So Don't Do Spooky, Yearling, page 27",
"text": "Like a cat, I arch into the back of the bench, my spine xylophoning along the slats while the tension of the day slowly drains out of me. I'm totally chill and mellow.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015 July 7, Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus, Trollhunters: The Book That Inspired the Netflix Animated Series TROLLHUNTERS!, Disney Electronic Content",
"text": "The others waged active war, claws xylophoning across Jack's pinwheeling swords.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2020 August 4, George A. Romero, Daniel Kraus, The Living Dead, Tor Books",
"text": "His right hand, the good one, found one of Glass's ankles, pulled. Glass fell, her ulna, clavicle, pevis, and kneecap xylophoning along stair edges.",
"type": "quotation"
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}
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