violin

(Anglais)

Noun

1. A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
2. (proscribed, sometimes) Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes further including the double bass.
3. (metonymically) A violinist in an orchestra or group.

Verb

To play on, or as if on, a violin.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino (forming diminutives).

Concepts

violon

🎻

monocorde

violon, violette

violon ''m''

Synonymes

fiddle

guitar

🎸

hunchback

mauve

stringed instrument

viola

violet

bamboo clump

bamboo stump

violinette

catgut

gourd

Traductions

violino

🎻

violín

🎻

Violine

🎻

viool

🎻

Geige

🎻

skrzypce

βιολί

violí

🎻

keman

🎻

violino

🎻

keman

🎻

كمان

🎻

viyolîn

🎻

kemançe

violon