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Gamelan : dans les dictionnaires

Le Nouveau Petit Robert
1996

GAMELAN [gamlã] n. m. - gamelhang 1872 ; du javanais gamel «instrument». Orchestre traditionel indonésien comprenant gongs, xylophones, tambours, etc.
Translation :
Indonesian traditional orchestra comprising gongs, xylophones, drums, etc.

Our observations

One could have replaced the word xylophones with métallophones, which are surely to be found in the etc.

 

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