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Meaning of second violin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violin's melody and generally less technically demanding; the violin that supplies this part, or (metonymic) the violinist who plays it.

Examples

“Holonyms: string section < orchestra”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

second violinist second virginity Second War second wave second wind Second World

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