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Pronunciation
SAMPA: /vaI@lIn/
IPA: /�vaɪ��lɪn/
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪn|-ɪn
Etymology
From Italian violino, diminutive form of viola with diminutive suffix -ino
Noun
en-noun
- A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers.
#: The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.
Synonyms
fiddle
Related terms
first violin
second violin
viol
viola
violinist
violoncello
See also
second fiddle
Translations
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Breton: violoñs m -où p
Catalan: t+|ca|violÃ|m
Chinese: t|cmn|���|trxiaotiqin|scHani|xs=Mandarin
Croatian: t-|hr|violina|f
Czech: housle f|p
Danish: t-|da|violin|c
Dutch: t+|nl|viool
Finnish: t+|fi|viulu
Estonian: t+|et|viiul
French: t+|fr|violon|m
Frisian: fioele
German: t+|de|Geige|f
Greek: t-|el|βιολί|n|trbiolÃ|scGrek
Hebrew: t-|he|×�×�× ×�ר|trKinor|scHebr (after a Biblical musical instrument commonly translated into English as "lyre") m
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Hungarian: t-|hu|hegedű
Icelandic: t+|is|fiðla|f
Italian: t+|it|violino|m
Japanese: t+|ja|�����|trbaiorin|scJpan
Korean: t-|ko|���린|trbaiollin|scHang
Kurdish: t|ku|keman|f, t|ku|kemançe|f, t|ku|viyolîn|f
Latin: (Modern Latin) t|la|violinum
Polish: t|pl|skrzypce|p
Romanian: t-|ro|vioar�|f
Russian: t|ru|�к�ипка|f|trskripka|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: t-|gd|fidheall|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
Slovene: t+|sl|f|tr=violina
Spanish: t-|es|violÃn|m
Swedish: t|sv|fiol, t-|sv|violin
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See also
bass viol
cello
double bass
viola
first violinist
second violinist
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