violin

Other forms of violin

plural

violins·

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 violin

What does violin mean?

violin means "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".

How many syllables are in violin?

violin has 3 syllables: vi-o-lin. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /vaɪəˈlɪn/.

What is another word for violin?

Close synonyms include fiddle. 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 violin a common word?

violin is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with violin?

4 words rhyme with violin. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.