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vi·o·lin

(vī′ə-lĭn′)

A stringed instrument played with a bow, having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth, an unfretted fingerboard, and a shallower body than the viol and capable of great flexibility in range, tone, and dynamics.

[Italian violino, diminutive of viola, viola; see viola¹.]

vi′o·lin′ist n.

vi′o·lin·is′tic adj.

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violin

(ˌvaɪəˈlɪn)

(Instruments) a bowed stringed instrument, the highest member of the violin family, consisting of a fingerboard, a hollow wooden body with waisted sides, and a sounding board connected to the back by means of a soundpost that also supports the bridge. It has two f-shaped sound holes cut in the belly. The instrument, noted for its fine and flexible tone, is the most important of the stringed instruments. It is held under the chin when played. Range: roughly three and a half octaves upwards from G below middle C

[C16: from Italian violino a little viola, from viola¹]

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vi•o•lin

(ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn)

n.

the treble instrument of the family of modern bowed stringed instruments, held nearly horizontal by the player's arm with the lower part supported against the collarbone or shoulder.

[1570–80; < Italian violino=viol(a) (see viola¹) + -ino -ine³]

vi`o•lin′ist, n.

vi`o•lin•is′tic, adj.

violin

chanterelle - A violin string.
pizzicato - Plucking of a violin.
f-hole - The s-shaped opening in a violin.
violin, fiddle - Violin is from Latin vitula, "stringed instrument"—from Vitula, a Roman goddess of joy and victory; her name also gave us fiddle.

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Noun

violin - bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

fiddle

Amati - a violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family

bowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

chin rest - a rest on which a violinist can place the chin

fiddlestick, violin bow - a bow used in playing the violin

Guarnerius - a violin made by a member of the Guarneri family

Strad, Stradavarius - a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family

Translations

كَمَانكَمان، كَمَنْجَه

violí

housle

violin

Geige Violine

βιολί

violín

viiul

viulu

violon

כינור

violina

hegedű

fiðlafiîla

violino violoncello

バイオリン

바이올린

violinum

smuikas

vijole

vioară

violina

fiolviolin

เครื่องดนตรีประเภทสีชนิดหนึ่ง

keman

đàn Violin

小提琴

violin

[ˌvaɪəˈlɪn]

A. N → violín m

B. CPD violin case N → estuche m de violín
violin concerto N → concierto m para violín
violin player N → violinista mf
violin section N → sección f de violines

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violin

[ˌvaɪəˈlɪn]

n → violon m
I play the violin → Je joue du violon.

modif [concerto, music, sonata] → pour violon; [teacher] → de violonviolin case n → étui m à violon

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violin

n → Geige f, → Violine f

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violin

[ˌvaɪəˈlɪn]

1. n → violino

2. adj (case, concerto) → per violino

violin

(vaiəˈlin) noun

a type of musical instrument with four strings, played with a bow. She played the violin in the school orchestra; Can you play that on the violin?

ˌvioˈlinist noun

a violin player. She is a leading violinist.

violin

→ كَمَان housle violin Geige βιολί violín viulu violon violina violino バイオリン 바이올린 viool fiolin skrzypce violino скрипка fiol เครื่องดนตรีประเภทสีชนิดหนึ่ง keman đàn Violin 小提琴

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Your charming daughter tells me you play on the violin."

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JULIUS DELAMAYN was alone, idly sauntering to and fro, with his violin in his hand, on the terrace at Swanhaven Lodge.

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He is buried there, with his violin, in the graveyard of the little church, at the bottom of the slope where we used to play as children, beside the road where, when we were a little bigger, we said good-by for the last time.

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Would come on deck at night sometimes, take some sail off her, God only knows why or wherefore, then go below, shut himself up in his cabin, and play on the violin for hours--till day- break perhaps.

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While they were doing this they discovered a lot of new and wonderful things that the pirates must have stolen from other ships: Kashmir shawls as thin as a cobweb, embroidered with flowers of gold; jars of fine tobacco from Jamaica; carved ivory boxes full of Russian tea; an old violin with a string broken and a picture on the back; a set of big chess-men, carved out of coral and amber; a walking-stick which had a sword inside it when you pulled the handle; six wine-glasses with turquoise and silver round the rims; and a lovely great sugar-bowl, made of mother o' pearl.

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The victim was Tamoszius Kuszleika, who played the violin. Everybody laughed at them, for Tamoszius was petite and frail, and Marija could have picked him up and carried him off under one arm.

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"A well-played violin is a treat for the gods -- a badly-played one "

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One brought his flute and another his violin, while there were some who sang and a number who performed upon the piano with various degrees of taste and agility.

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He taught the weekly singing-school (then a feature of village life) in half a dozen neighboring towns, he played the violin and "called off" at dances, or evoked rich harmonies from church melodeons on Sundays.

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These lashings, like the chords of a stringed instrument, resounded as if vibrated by a violin bow.

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At home he play violin all the time; for weddings and for dance.

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The next day Hawver was found dead in his room, the violin at his neck, the bow upon the strings, his music open before him at Chopin's funeral march.