violin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small wooden stringed instrument with four strings, held under the chin and played with a bow.

   She has played the violin since she was six.

2. 2
   noun

   A violin player in an orchestra or group.

   The first violins led the melody.

Etymology tree Medieval Latin *vitulader. Old Occitan violabor.? Italian viola Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian violinoder. English violin Derived from Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino (forming dimunitives).

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