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A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel (typically turned by a crank), originating in France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: roller organ, street organ
Antonyms: none provided
a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grind organ, hand organ, hurdy gurdy, hurdy-gurdy, street organ
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical instrument, instrument
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أُرْغُن يَدَوِيّ
(ʔurḡun yadawiyy)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Armenian:
երգեհոնիկ
(ergehonik)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Armenian:
շարմանկա
(šarmanka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Azerbaijani:
şarmanka
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Belarusian:
катары́нка
(katarýnka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Belarusian:
катры́нка
(katrýnka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Belarusian:
шарма́нка
(šarmánka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Bulgarian:
лате́рна
(latérna)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Catalan:
piano de maneta
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Chinese Mandarin:
手搖風琴 /手摇风琴
(shǒuyáo fēngqín)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Czech:
flašinet
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Czech:
kolovrátek
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Danish:
lirekasse
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Dutch:
draaiorgel
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Esperanto:
gurdo
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Estonian:
väntorel
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Estonian:
leierkast
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Finnish:
posetiivi
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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French:
orgue de Barbarie
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Georgian:
არღანი
(arɣani)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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German:
Drehorgel
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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German:
Leierkasten
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Greek:
λατέρνα
(latérna)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Greek:
ρομβία
(romvía)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Hungarian:
verkli
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Hungarian:
kintorna
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Icelandic:
lírukassi
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Irish:
bairille-orgán
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Irish:
orgán bairille
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Italian:
organo a rullo
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Italian:
organetto di Barberia
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Italian:
organetto
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Japanese:
手回しオルガン
(temawashi orugan)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Kazakh:
шарманка
(şarmanka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Korean:
휴대용 풍금
(hyudaeyong punggeum)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Kyrgyz:
шарманка
(şarmanka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Latvian:
leijerkaste
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Lithuanian:
ryla
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Macedonian:
вергл
(vergl)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lirekasse
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
lirekasse
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Polish:
katarynka
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Portuguese:
realejo
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Romanian:
flașnetă
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Russian:
шарма́нка
(šarmánka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Serbo-Croatian:
вѐргл
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Serbo-Croatian:
vèrgl
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Slovak:
verkeľ
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Slovak:
verklík
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Slovene:
lajna
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Spanish:
organito
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Spanish:
organillo
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Swedish:
positiv
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Swedish:
vevorgel
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Tajik:
шарманка
(šarmanka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Turkish:
lâterna
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Turkmen:
şarmanka
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Ukrainian:
катери́нка
(katerýnka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Ukrainian:
шарма́нка
(šarmánka)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Uzbek:
sharmanka
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
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Yiddish:
קאַטערינקע
(katerinke)
— pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel