tubular bells

English

WOTD – 25 May 2024

Etymology

A man playing a set of tubular bells.

From tubular (adjective) +‎ bells.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtjuːbjʊlə ˈbɛlz/, /ˈt͡ʃuː-/, /-bjə-/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌt(j)ubjələɹ ˈbɛlz/, /-bju-/
• Rhymes: -ɛlz
• Hyphenation: tu‧bul‧ar bells

Noun

tubular bells pl (normally plural, singular tubular bell)

1. (music) A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal tubes that are struck with a mallet, producing sounds like those of church bells.

   Synonyms: chimes, tubular chimes

Translations

percussion instrument consisting of tuned metal tubes

• Arabic: آلة إيقاعية ?
• Asturian: campanes tubulares f pl
• Basque: ezkila tubular ?
• Bulgarian: оркестрови камбани f pl (orkestrovi kambani)
• Catalan: campana tubular (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 管鐘 / 管钟 (guǎnzhōng)

• Danish: rørklokker c pl
• Dutch: buisklokken (nl) c pl
• Finnish: putkikellot (fi) pl
• French: carillon tubulaire (fr) m, cloches d’orchestre (fr) f pl, cloche tubulaire (fr) f
• German: Röhrenglocken pl f
• Hebrew: צ'יימס ?
• Hungarian: csőharang
• Indonesian: lonceng tabung
• Irish: clogfheadáin ?
• Italian: campane tubolari (it) f pl
• Japanese: チューブラーベル (chūburāberu)
• Korean: 튜블러 벨 (tyubeulleo bel)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rørklokker m pl or f pl

• Persian: ناقوس لوله‌ای (fa)
• Polish: dzwony rurowe (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: sinos tubulares m pl, carrilhão de orquestra m
• Romanian: clopote tubulare n pl
• Russian: оркестро́вые ко́локола m pl (orkestróvyje kólokola)
• Spanish: campanas tubulares f pl
• Swedish: rörklockor c pl
• Ukrainian: о́ркестро́ві дзво́ни m pl (órkestróvi dzvóny)
• Uzbek: orkestr qoʻngʻiroqlari

Further reading

• tubular bells on Wikipedia.Wikipedia