Meanings
nounglockenspiel (plural glockenspiels)
plural glockenspiels
- entertainmentA musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
Similar
orchestral bells
Broader
percussion instrumentpercussive instrument
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- GermanGlockenspiel
- Englishglockenspiel
From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”).
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque kariloi
- kariloimusical instrument
Bulgarian глокеншпи́л
- глокеншпи́л (glokenšpíl)musical instrument
Catalan carilló
- carillómusical instrument
Chinese Cantonese 鐵片琴 /铁片琴
- 鐵片琴 /铁片琴 (tit⁶ pin⁵ kam⁴)musical instrument
Chinese Mandarin 鐘琴 /钟琴, 鐘片琴 /钟片琴
- 鐘琴 /钟琴 (zhōngqín)musical instrument
- 鐘片琴 /钟片琴 (zhōngpiànqín)musical instrument
Czech zvonkohra
- zvonkohramusical instrument
Danish klokkespil
- klokkespilmusical instrument
Dutch klokkenspel, beiaard
- klokkenspelmusical instrument
- beiaardmusical instrument
Esperanto kampaneto
- kampanetomusical instrument
Estonian kellalüüra
- kellalüüramusical instrument
Finnish kellopeli
- kellopelimusical instrument
French carillon, jeu de timbres
- carillonmusical instrument
- jeu de timbresmusical instrument
German Glockenspiel
- Glockenspielmusical instrument
Hungarian harangjáték
- harangjátékmusical instrument
Icelandic klukkuspil
- klukkuspilmusical instrument
Indonesian lonceng kumpulan
- lonceng kumpulanmusical instrument
Italian campanelli
- campanellimusical instrument
Japanese 鉄琴
- 鉄琴 (tekkin)musical instrument
Norwegian Bokmål klokkespill
- klokkespillmusical instrument
Polish dzwonki, kuranty
- dzwonkimusical instrument
- kurantymusical instrument
Portuguese campainha
- campainhamusical instrument
Romanian glockenspiel
- glockenspielmusical instrument
Russian глокеншпиль
- глокеншпиль (glokenšpilʹ)musical instrument
Slovak zvonkohra
- zvonkohramusical instrument
Spanish carillón
- carillónmusical instrument
Swedish klockspel
- klockspelmusical instrument
Turkish glokenspil
- glokenspilmusical instrument
Vietnamese chuông
- chuôngmusical instrument
Cite this entry
APA
glockenspiel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glockenspiel
MLA
“glockenspiel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glockenspiel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glockenspiel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glockenspiel.
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