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Is violin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word violin is a Scrabble US word. The word violin is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

V4I1O1L1I1N1

Is violin a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word violin is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

V4I1O1L1I1N1

Is violin a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word violin is a Words With Friends word. The word violin is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

V5I1O1L2I1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

VIOLIN,

4-letter words (6 found)

LINO,LION,LOIN,NOIL,VINO,VIOL,

3-letter words (6 found)

ION,LIN,NIL,OIL,VIN,VOL,

2-letter words (7 found)

IN,IO,LI,LO,NO,OI,ON,

You can make 20 words from violin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of violin

violin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/
  • (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /ˌvaɪ.oʊˈlin/, [ˌwaʊˈlin]
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

violin (plural violins)

  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.
  2. (inexact, sometimes proscribed) Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas, and cellos and sometimes further including the double bass.
  3. (music, metonymically) The position of a violinist in an orchestra or group.

Usage notes

The distinction between violins and fiddles is typically contextual and cultural. The same instrument is considered a violin when playing classical music in formal settings, a fiddle when playing folk or country music, and variously described in other settings (such as jazz and rock) depending whichever term seems more appropriate to the speaker.

Synonyms

  • fiddle (see above), crowd (obsolete or dialectical)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • viol
  • viola
  • violoncello

Descendants

  • → Japanese: バイオリン (baiorin)
  • → Korean: 바이올린 (baiollin)

Translations

Verb

violin (third-person singular simple present violins, present participle violining, simple past and past participle violined)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To play on, or as if on, a violin.

See also

  • bass viol
  • cello
  • double bass
  • viola

Anagrams

  • olivin

Catalan

Verb

violin

  1. inflection of violar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Danish

Etymology

From Italian violino, diminutive form of viola with diminutive suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /violiːn/, [vioˈliːˀn]
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

violin c (singular definite violinen, plural indefinite violiner)

  1. violin

Declension

References

  • “violin” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “violin” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjuˈliŋ/

Noun

violin m (plural violin)

  1. violin

Source: wiktionary.org