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Violin

//ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.

    "When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like this, it's a violin."

  2. 2
    bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow wordnet
  3. 3
    Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes further including the double bass. proscribed, sometimes

    "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."

  4. 4
    A violinist in an orchestra or group. metonymically

    "The violins are seated with sufficient elbow room."

Verb
  1. 1
    To play on, or as if on, a violin. ambitransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino (forming diminutives).

Etymology 2

From Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino (forming diminutives).

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