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vi⋅o⋅lin

  [vahy-uh-lin]
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1. the treble instrument of the family of modern bowed instruments, held nearly horizontal by the player's arm with the lower part supported against the collarbone or shoulder.
2. a violinist or part for a violin.
Origin:
1570–80; < It violino, equiv. to viol(a) (see viola 1 ) + -ino dim. suffix
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vi·o·lin   (vī'ə-lĭn')   
n.  A stringed instrument played with a bow, having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth, an unfretted fingerboard, and a shallower body than the viol and capable of great flexibility in range, tone, and dynamics.

[Italian violino, diminutive of viola, viola; see viola1.]
vi'o·lin'ist n., vi'o·lin·is'tic adj.
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Violin

Vi`o*lin"\, n. [It. violino, dim. of viola. See Viol.] (Mus.) A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.

Note: The violin is distinguished for the brilliancy and gayety, as well as the power and variety, of its tones, and in the orchestra it is the leading and most important instrument.
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Language Translation for : violin
Spanish: violín,
German: die Violine,
Japanese: バイオリン
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violin

The most familiar and highest-pitched instrument of the strings. A typical symphony orchestra has more than two dozen violinists.

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violin 
1579, from It. violino, dim. of viola (see viola).
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