Mandolin

Noun

 * 1)  A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin. They have either a bowl back or a flat back.
 * 2) A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline).
 * 3)  An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport.

Derived terms

 * mandolinist

Related terms

 * mandola

Thesaurus
Dobro guitar, F-hole guitar, Spanish guitar, archlute, balalaika, banjo, banjo-uke, banjo-ukulele, banjo-zither, banjorine, banjuke, bass guitar, centerhole guitar, concert guitar, electric guitar, guitar, lute, mando-bass, mando-cello, mandola, mandolute, mandore, oud, pandora, pandura, samisen, sitar, steel guitar, tamboura, theorbo, troubadour fiddle, uke, ukulele

Etymology
From mandoline:, from  mandolino:, diminutive of mandola:, a large stringed instrument.

Pronunciation

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Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Corsican: mandulinu
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: mandoliin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: マンドリン
 * Ligurian:
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: gambusi ndogo
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: