violin
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1.8
- noun
- /vaɪəˈlɪn/
:
violín
- Inside the trailer, Julie's three students plucked at violin strings, tuning their instruments.
- play the violin
- violin and piano
- violin concerto
And, and they handed him the violin when he was six weeks old.
- And, and they handed him the violin when he was six weeks old.
- It's like there's a violin string quartet.
- They asked me to play the violin in school and I got the violin.
- So you mentioned you'd quite be keen to integrate your violin into your content.
- I mean, do you remember what it felt like to love violin when you're that young?
- Play the piano or sing a song or play the violin.
- You play the violin, maybe you know all the great composers.
- And then the other one might be my my Russian violin teacher.
- We hear the labels of violin, car, bird, person.
- And this one is about, yes, violin, but what is it?
Examples
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At the first sounds of the violin, he finds himself drawn into a new reverie.
Fiction book (1993) -
And you brought your violin.
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Is my violin here somewhere in the room?
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I still play, but Peter has never picked up a violin since we left Germany.
Fiction book (1991) -
I played the piano, he played the violin, and we would always have to perform.
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Well, guess who's getting violin lessons.
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Slowly, the music of the violin faded away and became part of the silence.
Fiction book (1990) -
If I knew how to play the violin, I would spend my afternoons fiddling.
Fiction book (1993) -
I could hear the plaintive sound of a violin concerto playing softly on his stereo.
Fiction book (1990) -
She practiced the violin for two hours every day to prepare for the concert.
Synonyms
184
1.9
An object like a piano or violin that makes musical sounds
75
4.7
A small violin used in folk music
4
2.9
A musical instrument that makes sound when its strings are played, like a guitar or violin
A string instrument played with a bow, like a violin
Idioms
Compounds
1
4.0
A thin curved stick with horsehair used to play the violin by drawing it across the strings
A group of string instruments played with a bow, like the violin, viola, cello, and double bass
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Etymology
The word violin comes from the Italian violino, a 'little' form of viola, because the Italian -ino means 'small'. So a violin is literally a 'small viola', which helps explain why it is the smaller, higher instrument in the string family.