violin

vi·o·lin

designating the modern family of stringed instruments played with a bow, characterized by four strings tuned in fifths, a lack of frets, a somewhat rounded back, and f-shaped sound holes

the smallest and highest-pitched instrument of this family, held horizontally under the chin, resting against the collarbone; fiddle

Origin of violin

Italian violino, diminutive of viola, viola

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violin

noun

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.

Origin of violin

Italian violino diminutive of viola viola ; see viola ¹.

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vi′o·lin′ist
noun

vi′o·lin·is′tic
adjective

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Noun

(plural violins)

(music) A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string. Pitch is set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers.
(music) A violinist.
The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.

Origin

From Italian violino, diminutive form of viola with diminutive suffix -ino

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