mandolin

Meaning

Noun

1. A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.
2. A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables.

Verb

To slice using a madolin; to julienne.

Synonyms

plectrum

mandoline

banjo

🪕

plectron

Translations

mandoline

mandolino

Mandoline

mandolina

bandolim

mandoline

μαντολίνο

mandolina

mandolin

mandolina

plettro

plectre

pandora

Plektrum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmændəlɪn/

Etymology

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, a large stringed instrument.