violin

== English == === Etymology === Derived from Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈʋaɪᵊ.lɪn/ (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /ˌvaɪ.oʊˈlin/, [ˌwaʊˈlin] Rhymes: -ɪn === Noun === violin (plural violins) (music) 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. (inexact, sometimes proscribed) Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes further including the double bass. (music, metonymic) A violinist in an orchestra or group. ==== Usage notes ==== The distinction between violins and fiddles is typically contextual and cultural. The same instrument is considered a violin when playing classical music in formal settings, a fiddle when playing folk or country music, and variously described in other settings (such as jazz and rock) depending whichever term seems more appropriate to the speaker. ==== Synonyms ==== fiddle (see above), crowd (obsolete or dialectical) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== viol viola violoncello ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: バイオリン (baiorin) → Korean: 바이올린 (baiollin) → Marshallese: baeoliin ==== Translations ==== === Verb === violin (third-person singular simple present violins, present participle violining, simple past and past participle violined) (ambitransitive) To play on, or as if on, a violin. === See also === bass viol cello double bass viola === Anagrams === olivin == Catalan == === Verb === violin inflection of violar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Danish == === Etymology === From Italian violino, diminutive form of viola with diminutive suffix -ino. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /violiːn/, [vioˈliːˀn] Rhymes: -in === Noun === violin c (singular definite violinen, plural indefinite violiner) violin ==== Declension ==== === References === “violin” in Den Danske Ordbog “violin” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Piedmontese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vjuˈliŋ/ === Noun === violin m (plural violin) violin == Swedish == === Noun === violin c (music, somewhat formal) violin Synonym: fiol ==== Declension ==== === References === “violin”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “violin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “violin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)