balafon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
balafon (plural balafons)
- A wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.
- 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
- He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).
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Translations[edit]
A percussion idiophone of West Africa
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Mandinka balafoŋo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
balafon m (plural balafons)
Further reading[edit]
- “balafon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
balafon n (plural balafoane)
Declension[edit]
Declension of balafon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) balafon | balafonul | (niște) balafoane | balafoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) balafon | balafonului | (unor) balafoane | balafoanelor |
vocative | balafonule | balafoanelor |
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- French masculine nouns
- fr:Musical instruments
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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