mandolin

English

Photograph of a mandolin.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmændəlɪn/
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Noun

mandolin (plural mandolins)

(music) A stringed instrument and a member 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.
A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline).
(military) An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport and other ground targets.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Related terms

mandola, manjo, mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin

Translations

musical instrument

Catalan: mandolina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 洋琵琶 (zh) (yángpípá), 曼陀林 (zh) (màntuólín), 曼多林 (mànduōlín)
Corsican: mandulinu m
Czech: mandolína (cs) f
Esperanto: mandolino (eo)
Estonian: mandoliin
Finnish: mandoliini (fi)
French: mandoline (fr) f
Galician: mandolina (gl) f
German: Mandoline (de) f
Greek: μαντολίνο (el) n (mantolíno)
Hungarian: mandolin
Ido: mandolino (io)
Italian: mandolino (it)
Japanese: マンドリン (mandorin)

Korean: 만돌린 (ko) (mandollin)
Ligurian: mandolin m
Macedonian: мандолина f (mandolína)
Occitan: mandolina f
Polish: mandolina (pl) f
Portuguese: bandolim (pt) m
Romanian: mandolină (ro) f
Russian: мандоли́на (ru) f (mandolína)
Slovene: mandolina (sl) f
Spanish: mandolina (es) f
Swahili: gambusi ndogo
Tagalog: mandolina
Thai: แมนโดลิน (mɛɛn-doo-lin)
Turkish: mandolin (tr)
Yiddish: מאַנדאָלינע‎‎ f (mandoline)

kitchen tool — see mandoline

Further reading

Mandolin (musical instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mandoline (kitchen tool) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
mandolin on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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