barrel organ

English

Noun

barrel organ (plural barrel organs)

A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel (typically turned by a crank)

Synonyms

Derived terms

barrel organist

Translations

pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel

Bulgarian: лате́рна m (latérna)
Catalan: piano de maneta (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手搖風琴 (zh), 手摇风琴 (zh) (shǒuyáo fēngqín)
Czech: flašinet (cs) m
Dutch: draaiorgel (nl)
Finnish: posetiivi (fi)
French: orgue de Barbarie (fr) m
German: Drehorgel (de) f, Leierkasten (de) m

Irish: bairille-orgán m, orgán bairille m
Japanese: 手回しオルガン (temawashi orugan)
Macedonian: вергл m (vergl)
Polish: katarynka (pl) f
Portuguese: realejo (pt) m
Russian: шарма́нка (ru) f (šarmánka)
Spanish: organito m
Swedish: positiv (sv)
Ukrainian: катери́нка f (katerýnka), шарма́нка f (šarmánka)

See also

organ grinder

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