IDIOPHONE

PRONUNCIATION: (ID-ee-uh-fon)

MEANING: noun: Any musical instrument that produces sound through its own vibration without requiring any strings, membranes, etc. For example, the gong or the bell.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek idio- (one’s own) + -phone (sound). Earliest documented use: 1940.
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MIDI-O-PHONE - a Nice phone in the south of France

ICI-O-PHONE - There's one here, too!

I-DO PHONE - instrument whose purpose is to complete wedding ceremonies