IDIOPHONE


Meaning of IDIOPHONE in English

ˈidēəˌfōn noun

Etymology: German idiophon, from idio- + -phon -phone

: a musical instrument (as a bell, gong, rattle) the source of whose sound is the vibration of its elastic constituent material unmodified by any special tension (as in a drum)

• id·io·phon·ic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|fänik adjective

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