wind chimes

See also: windchimes

English

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wind chimes

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• windchime, wind chime (singular)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪnd.t͡ʃaɪms/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

wind chimes pl (plural only)

1. (music) A 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.

   Synonyms: wind bell, 🎐

Translations

chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind

Bulgarian: бятърни камбанки f pl (bjatǎrni kambanki) Chinese: Mandarin: 風鈴 / 风铃 (zh) (fēnglíng) Estonian: tuulekell Finnish: tuulikello (fi) French: carillon éolien m, carillon à vent m German: Windspiel (de) n Hebrew: פַּעֲמוֹן רוּחַ m (pa'amón rúakh) Indonesian: genta angin, lonceng angin Italian: campanello eolico m Japanese: 風鈴 (ja) (ふうりん, fūrin), 鐸 (ja) (たく, taku), (archaic) 風鐸 (ja) (ふうたく, fūtaku) Korean: 풍령(風鈴) (pungnyeong) Malay: loceng angin Norwegian: Bokmål: vindspill n Nynorsk: vindspel n Polish: dzwoneczki wietrzne m pl Portuguese: espanta-espíritos m, sinos de vento m pl, sinos da felicidade m pl, mensageiro do vento m, carrilhão de vento m Russian: музыка́льная подве́ска f (muzykálʹnaja podvéska) Spanish: carillones de viento m pl, campanillas ventosas f pl Swedish: vindspel (sv) n Tamil: காற்றிசைச்சரம் (ta) (kāṟṟicaiccaram) Thai: กระดิ่งลม (grà-dìng-lom) Turkish: rüzgâr çanı Vietnamese: chuông gió (vi) Welsh: clychau gwynt f pl