violin
English
A violin
Etymology
From Italian violino, diminutive form of viola with diminutive suffix -ino
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/, [ˌvaɪ̯ɪ̈ˈlɪn]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
Noun
violin (plural violins)
- (music) A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:
- She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked.
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- (music) A violinist.
- The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.
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string instrument
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Verb
violin
- third-person plural present subjunctive form of violar
- third-person plural imperative form of violar
Danish
Etymology
From Italian violino, diminutive form of viola with diminutive suffix -ino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /violiːn/, [vioˈliːˀn]
Noun
violin c (singular definite violinen, plural indefinite violiner)
Declension
Declension of violin
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | violin | violinen | violiner | violinerne |
| genitive | violins | violinens | violiners | violinernes |
References
- “violin” in Den Danske Ordbog
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