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nounproduces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate
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Arabic صندوق موسيقي
- صندوق موسيقيbox that generates or plays music
Basque musika-kaxa
- musika-kaxabox that generates or plays music
Catalan capsa de música, caixa musical
- capsa de músicabox that generates or plays music
- caixa musicalbox that generates or plays music
Chinese Mandarin 八音盒, 音樂盒 /音乐盒
- 八音盒 (bāyīnhé)box that generates or plays music
- 音樂盒 /音乐盒 (yīnyuèhé)box that generates or plays music
Czech automatofon
- automatofonbox that generates or plays music
Danish spilledåse
- spilledåsebox that generates or plays music
Dutch speeldoos, muziekdoos
- speeldoosbox that generates or plays music
- muziekdoosbox that generates or plays music
Esperanto muzikskatolo
- muzikskatolobox that generates or plays music
Estonian mängutoos
- mängutoosbox that generates or plays music
Finnish soittorasia
- soittorasiabox that generates or plays music
French boîte-à-musique, boîte à musique
- boîte-à-musiquebox that generates or plays music
- boîte à musiquebox that generates or plays music
German Spieluhr, Spieldose
- Spieluhrbox that generates or plays music
- Spieldosebox that generates or plays music
- Musikdosebox that generates or plays music
Hebrew תֵּבַת נְגִינָה
- תֵּבַת נְגִינָה (tēvát neginá)box that generates or plays music
Icelandic spiladós
- spiladósbox that generates or plays music
Indonesian kotak musik
- kotak musikbox that generates or plays music
Irish ceolbhosca
- ceolbhoscabox that generates or plays music
Italian carillon, cariglione
- carillonbox that generates or plays music
- cariglionebox that generates or plays music
- gariglionebox that generates or plays music
- scarabillobox that generates or plays music
Japanese オルゴール, 自鳴琴
- オルゴール (orugōru)box that generates or plays music
- 自鳴琴 (jimeikin)box that generates or plays music
Korean 자명금, 음악상자
- 자명금 (jamyeonggeum)box that generates or plays music
- 음악상자 (eumaksangja)box that generates or plays music
- 뮤직박스 (myujikbakseu)box that generates or plays music
- 오르골 (oreugol)box that generates or plays music
Norwegian spilledåse
- spilledåsebox that generates or plays music
Persian جعبه موسیقی
- جعبه موسیقیbox that generates or plays music
Polish pozytywka
- pozytywkabox that generates or plays music
Portuguese caixa de música
- caixa de músicabox that generates or plays music
Russian музыка́льная шкату́лка
- музыка́льная шкату́лка (muzykálʹnaja škatúlka)box that generates or plays music
Slovak automatofón, hracia skrinka
- automatofónbox that generates or plays music
- hracia skrinkabox that generates or plays music
Spanish caja de música
- caja de músicabox that generates or plays music
Swedish speldosa
- speldosabox that generates or plays music
Thai กล่องดนตรี
- กล่องดนตรี (glɔ̀ng-don-dtrii)box that generates or plays music
Turkish müzik kutusu
- müzik kutusubox that generates or plays music
Ukrainian музична скринька
- музична скринька (muzyčna skrynʹka)box that generates or plays music
Vietnamese hộp nhạc
- hộp nhạcbox that generates or plays music
Welsh blwch cerdd
- blwch cerddbox that generates or plays music
Cite this entry
APA
music box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/music%20box
MLA
“music box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/music%20box. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “music box,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/music%20box.
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