MBIRA

Meaning of MBIRA in English

/euhm bear"euh/ , n.

a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.

[ 1905-10; ]

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MBIRA — noun Etymology: Shona Date: circa 1911 an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden or gourd resonator and a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MBIRA — or thumb piano African musical instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal or bamboo tongues attached to a board …
Английский словарь Британика
MBIRA — emˈbirə, ə̇m-, -bēr- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Shona : an African musical instrument that consists of a gourd resonator, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MBIRA — n. African musical instrument with resonating box made of wood or a hollow gourd having tuned strips of wood or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MBIRA — noun Etymology: Shona Date: circa 1911 : an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden or gourd resonator and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MBIRA — [ (ə)m'bɪərə ] ■ noun another term for thumb piano . Origin C19: from Shona, prob. an alt. of rimba …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MBIRA — [mbi.ra] n [Shona] (ca. 1911): an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden or gourd resonator and a varying …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MBIRA — n. or thumb piano African musical instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal or bamboo tongues attached to a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MBIRA — n. Pronunciation: em- ' bir- ə Function: noun Etymology: Shona Date: circa 1911 : an African musical instrument that consists …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THUMB PIANO — noun Date: 1949 mbira
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THUMB PIANO — noun : any of several musical instruments of African origin (as the kalimba, mbira, or zanza) that consist essentially of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THUMB PIANO — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KALIMBA — /keuh lim"beuh/ , n. mbira. [ 1950-55; the instrument's name in a number of Bantu languages of East Africa, e.g., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB PIANO — n. kalimba, mbira, African musical instrument with resonating box made of wood or a hollow gourd having tuned strips of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KALIMBA — n. thumb piano, mbira, African musical instrument with resonating box made of wood or a hollow gourd having tuned strips …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THUMB PIANO — Date: 1949 : mbira
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THUMB PIANO — [thumb piano] n (1949): mbira
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAMELLAPHONE — also called mbira, likembe, kalimba, or thumb piano African musical instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal or bamboo …
Britannica English vocabulary
AFRICAN ARTS — the visual, performing, and literary arts of native Africa, particularly of sub-Saharan, or black, Africa. The arts include the media …
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