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Violin
/ˌvɑe.ɘˈlɘn/
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- noun
A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family.
- noun
A violinist.
“The first violin often plays the lead melody lines in a string quartet.”
- verb
To play on, or as if on, a violin.
Where it comes from
Violin comes from Italian violino, a little viola. Viola was the name of an older bowed instrument. English took violin up in the 1500s for the small, high voice of that family. The instrument we picture is the one the Italian name described.
In a sentence
- I own a violin.by CK, Tatoeba
- I play the violin.by blay_paul, Tatoeba
- Are you still teaching violin?by CK, Tatoeba
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