violin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: violin	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
violin n 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 Synonym(s): violin, fiddle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Violin \Vi`olin"\, 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.