Violin

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A violinist

Adjectives for Violin
alto; beautiful; masterful; priceless.

Thesaurus
fiddle, fiddlebow, fiddlestick, fingerboard, kit, kit fiddle, kit violin, scroll, soundboard, string, tenor violin, tuning peg, viola, violinette, violoncello, violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, bass, bass viol, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, cello, contrabass, crowd, double bass.

Etymology
From violino:, diminutive form of viola: with diminutive suffix -ino:

Synonyms

 * fiddle

Related terms

 * first violin
 * second violin
 * viol
 * viola
 * violinist
 * violoncello

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: biolin
 * Breton: violoñs
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 * Irish:
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 * Kurdish:, kemançe,
 * Latin: (Modern Latin) violinum
 * Latvian: vijole
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 * Portuguese: violino
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 * Swahili: fidla
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian: fioele

Noun

 * 1) violin

Etymology
From violino:, diminutive form of viola: with diminutive suffix -ino:.