Complete Definition of "mandolin"

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Etymology
Image:Mandolin1.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of a mandolin.
From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola �large stringed instrument�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�mænd�lɪn/

Noun
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  1. musici A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin. They have either a bowl back or a flat back.
  2. a kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline)

Related terms
mandola

Translations
instrument
French: mandoline f
German: Mandoline f
Polish: mandolina f
Slovene: mandolina f
kitchen tool
French: mandoline f

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