xileafón

Irish

Etymology

From xilea- (“xylo-”) +‎ -fón (“-phone”).

Noun

xileafón m (genitive singular xileafóin, nominative plural xileafóin)

1. (music) xylophone

Declension

Declension of xileafón (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative xileafón xileafóin vocative a xileafóin a xileafóna genitive xileafóin xileafón dative xileafón xileafóin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an xileafón na xileafóin genitive an xileafóin na xileafón dative leis an xileafón don xileafón leis na xileafóin

Derived terms

• xileafónaí m (“xylophone player”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “xileafón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “xylophone”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “xileafón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm