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A box that generates or plays music, particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using a cylinder or disk containing the music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: musical box
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical instrument, instrument
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Amharic:
የሙዚቃ ሣጥን
(yämuziḳa śaṭn)
— box that generates or plays music
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Arabic:
صندوق موسيقي
— box that generates or plays music
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Basque:
musika-kaxa
— box that generates or plays music
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Catalan:
capsa de música
— box that generates or plays music
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Catalan:
caixa musical
— box that generates or plays music
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Chinese Mandarin:
八音盒
(bāyīnhé)
— box that generates or plays music
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Chinese Mandarin:
音樂盒 /音乐盒
(yīnyuèhé)
— box that generates or plays music
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Czech:
automatofon
— box that generates or plays music
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Danish:
spilledåse
— box that generates or plays music
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Dutch:
speeldoos
— box that generates or plays music
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Dutch:
muziekdoos
— box that generates or plays music
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Esperanto:
muzikskatolo
— box that generates or plays music
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Estonian:
mängutoos
— box that generates or plays music
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Finnish:
soittorasia
— box that generates or plays music
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French:
boîte-à-musique
— box that generates or plays music
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French:
boîte à musique
— box that generates or plays music
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German:
Spieluhr
— box that generates or plays music
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German:
Spieldose
— box that generates or plays music
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German:
Musikdose
— box that generates or plays music
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Hebrew:
תֵּבַת נְגִינָה
(tēvát neginá)
— box that generates or plays music
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Icelandic:
spiladós
— box that generates or plays music
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Indonesian:
kotak musik
— box that generates or plays music
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Irish:
ceolbhosca
— box that generates or plays music
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Italian:
carillon
— box that generates or plays music
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Italian:
cariglione
— box that generates or plays music
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Italian:
gariglione
— box that generates or plays music
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Italian:
scarabillo
— box that generates or plays music
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Japanese:
オルゴール
(orugōru)
— box that generates or plays music
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Japanese:
自鳴琴
(jimeikin)
— box that generates or plays music
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Kazakh:
музыкалы сандықша
(muzykaly sandyqşa)
— box that generates or plays music
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Korean:
자명금
(jamyeonggeum)
— box that generates or plays music
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Korean:
음악상자
(eumaksangja)
— box that generates or plays music
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Korean:
뮤직박스
(myujikbakseu)
— box that generates or plays music
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Korean:
오르골
(oreugol)
— box that generates or plays music
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Central Kurdish:
سندووقی مۆسیقا
(sindûqî mosîqa)
— box that generates or plays music
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Lao:
ຫີບເສບ
(hīp sēp)
— box that generates or plays music
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Norwegian:
spilledåse
— box that generates or plays music
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Persian:
جعبه موسیقی
— box that generates or plays music
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Polish:
pozytywka
— box that generates or plays music
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Portuguese:
caixa de música
— box that generates or plays music
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Russian:
музыка́льная шкату́лка
(muzykálʹnaja škatúlka)
— box that generates or plays music
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Slovak:
automatofón
— box that generates or plays music
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Slovak:
hracia skrinka
— box that generates or plays music
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Spanish:
caja de música
— box that generates or plays music
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Swedish:
speldosa
— box that generates or plays music
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Thai:
กล่องดนตรี
(glɔ̀ng-don-dtrii)
— box that generates or plays music
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Turkish:
müzik kutusu
— box that generates or plays music
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Ukrainian:
музична скринька
(muzyčna skrynʹka)
— box that generates or plays music
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Uzbek:
musiqiy quticha
— box that generates or plays music
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Vietnamese:
hộp nhạc
— box that generates or plays music
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Welsh:
blwch cerdd
— box that generates or plays music