amati

1. 1.

   Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684)

   SynonymsNicolo AmatiNicola Amati

   Broaderviolin maker
2. 2.

   a violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family

   Broaderviolin

Other forms of amati

plural

amatis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amati

What does amati mean?

amati means "Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amati?

amati has 3 syllables: a-ma-ti. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /əˈmɑti/.

What is another word for amati?

Close synonyms include Nicolo Amati, Nicola Amati. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amati a common word?

amati is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.