Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handpan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hand-pan
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of steelpan that is played with the hands, typically resting on the player's lap.

Example Sentences

"While I grew up playing brass musical instruments, I gravitated to percussion as a side music hobby as a teen and later began to collect and play African drums and other interesting percussion instruments, such as steel handpans."

Etymology

Blend of hand + steelpan, coined as a generic alternative to Hang, late 2000s.

Inflected Forms

handpans (plural)

Questions

What does handpan mean?: A type of steelpan that is played with the hands, typically resting on the player's lap.
Where does handpan come from?: Blend of hand + steelpan, coined as a generic alternative to Hang, late 2000s.

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