wind chimes

See also: windchimes

English

Wind chimes

Alternative forms

• windchime, wind chime (singular)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪnd.t͡ʃaɪms/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

wind chimes pl (plural only)

1. (music) A chime constructed from tubes, rods, bells, etc. made of wood, glass, metal or ceramic, suspended outside a building in such a way that they tinkle pleasantly when moved by the wind.

   Synonyms: wind bell, 🎐

Translations

chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind

• Bulgarian: бятърни камбанки f pl (bjatǎrni kambanki)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風鈴／风铃 (zh) (fēnglíng)

• Estonian: tuulekell
• Finnish: tuulikello (fi)
• French: carillon éolien m, carillon à vent m
• German: Windspiel (de) n
• Hebrew: פַּעֲמוֹן רוּחַ m (pa'amón rúakh)
• Indonesian: genta angin, lonceng angin
• Italian: campanello eolico m
• Japanese: 風鈴 (ふうりん, fūrin), 鐸 (ja) (たく, taku), (archaic) 風鐸 (ふうたく, fūtaku)
• Korean: 풍령(風鈴) (pungnyeong)
• Malay: loceng angin
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vindspill n

  Nynorsk: vindspel n

• Polish: dzwoneczki wietrzne m pl
• Portuguese: espanta-espíritos m, sinos de vento m pl, sinos da felicidade m pl, mensageiro do vento m, carrilhão de vento m
• Russian: музыка́льная подве́ска f (muzykálʹnaja podvéska)
• Swedish: vindspel (sv) n
• Tamil: காற்றிசைச்சரம் (ta) (kāṟṟicaiccaram)
• Thai: กระดิ่งลม (grà-dìng-lom)
• Turkish: rüzgâr çanı
• Vietnamese: chuông gió
• Welsh: clychau gwynt f pl