Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chime constructed from tubes, rods, bells, etc. made of wood, glass, metal or ceramic, suspended outside a building in such a way that they tinkle pleasantly when moved by the wind.
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Translations
Bulgarian бятърни камбанки
- бятърни камбанки (bjatărni kambanki)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Chinese Mandarin 風鈴 /风铃
- 風鈴 /风铃 (fēnglíng)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Estonian tuulekell
- tuulekellchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Finnish tuulikello
- tuulikellochime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
French carillon éolien, carillon à vent
- carillon éolienchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- carillon à ventchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
German Windspiel
- Windspielchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Hebrew פַּעֲמוֹן רוּחַ
- פַּעֲמוֹן רוּחַ (pa'amón rúakh)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Indonesian genta angin, lonceng angin
- genta anginchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- lonceng anginchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Italian campanello eolico
- campanello eolicochime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Japanese 風鈴, 鐸
- 風鈴 (fūrin)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- 鐸 (taku)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- 風鐸 (fūtaku)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Korean 풍령
- 풍령 (pungnyeong)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Malay loceng angin
- loceng anginchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Norwegian Bokmål vindspill
- vindspillchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Polish dzwoneczki wietrzne
- dzwoneczki wietrznechime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Portuguese espanta-espíritos, sinos de vento
- espanta-espíritoschime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- sinos de ventochime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- sinos da felicidadechime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- mensageiro do ventochime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- carrilhão de ventochime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Russian музыка́льная подве́ска
- музыка́льная подве́ска (muzykálʹnaja podvéska)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Spanish carillones de viento, campanillas ventosas
- carillones de vientochime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
- campanillas ventosaschime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Swedish vindspel
- vindspelchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Tamil காற்றிசைச்சரம்
- காற்றிசைச்சரம் (kāṟṟicaiccaram)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Thai กระดิ่งลม
- กระดิ่งลม (grà-dìng-lom)chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Turkish rüzgâr çanı
- rüzgâr çanıchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Vietnamese chuông gió
- chuông gióchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Welsh clychau gwynt
- clychau gwyntchime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind
Cite this entry
APA
wind chimes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20chimes
MLA
“wind chimes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20chimes. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wind chimes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wind%20chimes.
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