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Meaning of Violin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn

Definitions

  1. A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
  2. Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes further including the double bass.
  3. A violinist in an orchestra or group.

Equivalents

Afrikaans viool
አማርኛ ማሲንቆ ቫዮሊን
العربية الكمان كمان
Azərbaycanca skripka
Беларуская скрыпка
Български цигулка
বাংলা বেহালা
Català violí
Čeština housle
Cymraeg ffidil
Deutsch Fidel Fiedel Geige Violine
Ελληνικά βιολί
Esperanto violono
Español violín
Eesti viiul
Euskara biolin
Suomi viulu
Français crincrin violon
Gàidhlig fidheall
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi pila
עברית כינור כנור
Magyar hegedű
Հայերեն ջութակ քեման
Bahasa Indonesia biola
Íslenska fiðla
Italiano violino
ქართული ვიოლინო
Қазақша скрипка
ខ្មែរ វីយោឡុង
Kurdî keman pila
ລາວ ຊຶ່ງ ຊໍ
Lietuvių smuikas
Latviešu vijole
Македонски виолина гусла
Монгол хийл
Bahasa Melayu biola
Malti vjolin
မြန်မာဘာသာ တယော
Nederlands vedel viool
Português rabeca violino
Română vioară
Русский скрипка
Slovenčina husle
Slovenščina violina
Shqip violinë
Српски pila violina виолина
Svenska fiol violin
Kiswahili fidla
Tagalog biyolin
Türkçe keman
Українська скрипка
Oʻzbekcha skripka
Tiếng Việt vĩ cầm
IsiZulu ivayolini

Examples

“When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like this, it's a violin.”
“She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked.”
“The string quartet, one of the most popular groupings in chamber music, is composed entirely of violins: two violins proper, one viola, and one cello.”
“The violins are seated with sufficient elbow room.”
“She is first violin in the London Symphony Orchestra.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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