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A xylophone is a type of percussion instrument made of hardwood or metal bars that are tuned to specific notes.

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What is word derived from greek words for wood and sound?

Perhaps you mean xylophone ( "wood voice").


Which Greek root means stone?

The Greek root for "wood" is xylon, as in "xylophone".


What does xylophone mean?

A xylophone is a musical insrtument.


Is the root word of xylophone?

phone i thinkThe word xylophone is from the Greek xilo,meaningwood, & foni, meaning sound. Therefore wooden bars on xylophones.


What is a word that starts with the letter x and relates to wood?

'Xylo-' is a prefix from the Greek meaning 'wood', for example, Xylophone comes from the greek xylo for wood and phone comes from the greek for voice, hence the musical instrument xylophone means the sound, or voice, of wood.


What is the language of origin of the word xylophone?

The word "xylophone" is of Greek origin. It comes from the combination of the Greek words "xylon" (wood) and "phone" (sound), which accurately describes the instrument as a wooden percussion device that produces sound.


What type of noise does a make?

The word "xylophone" comes from the Greek meaning "wooden sounds."


Why is the xylophone called a xylophone?

From the Greek words ξύλον translated to xylon, "wood" and φωνή translated to phone, "voice", meaning "wooden sound"


What musical instruments begains with the letter x?

Musical instruments that start with x:xylophone


What words has the z sound but starts with an x?

One word that has the "z" sound but starts with an "x" is "xylophone." The letter "x" is pronounced as a "z" sound in this word due to its Greek origin. The "xy" combination is commonly used in words borrowed from Greek, where "x" is pronounced as a "z" or "ks" sound.


List of the objects starting with letter x?

object starting with x is xylophone.


What is an antonym for xylophone?

antonym of xylophone