Meaning of barrel organ | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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), originating in France.

Equivalents

العربية أُرْغُن يَدَوِيّ

Беларуская катары́нка катры́нка шарманка

Bosanski vergl вергл

Čeština flašinet kolovrátek

Dansk lirekasse

Deutsch Drehorgel Leierkasten

Ελληνικά λατέρνα ρομβία

Esperanto gurdo

Español organillo organito

Suomi posetiivi

Français orgue de Barbarie

Gaeilge bairille-orgán orgán bairille

Hrvatski vergl вергл

Հայերեն երգեհոնիկ

Italiano organetto organetto di Barberia organo a rullo

日本語手回しオルガン

ქართული არღანი

Қазақ тілі шарманка

한국어 휴대용 풍금

Кыргызча шарманка

Македонски вергл

Nederlands draaiorgel

Polski katarynka

Português realejo

Română flașnetă

Русский шарманка

Српски vergl вергл

Svenska positiv

Тоҷикӣ шарманка

Türkçe laterna

Українська катери́нка шарманка

Examples

“Poor Mrs. Cranch was bulky, and, breathing asthmatically, had the additional motive for making her remarks unexceptionable and giving them a general bearing, that even her whispers were loud and liable to sudden bursts like ⟳ those of a deranged barrel-organ.”

“Ragged children played in the road, and an old barrel-organ was grinding out a vulgar tune ⟳.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See all B2 English words →

Meaning of barrel organ | Babel Free

Definitions

Equivalents

Examples

CEFR level

See also

Learn this word in context