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ocarina

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɒkəˈɹiːnə/
  • US: /ɑkəˈɹinə/
  • US: /oʊkəˈɹinə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet potato

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wind instrument, wind

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h2éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -ica Latin *avica Late Latin auca Italian oca Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īna Italian -ina Italian ocarinabor. English ocarina Borrowed from Italian ocarina (literally “little goose”), due to the musical instrument's resemblance to the animal.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أكرين (akrin) — musical instrument
  • Armenian: օկարինա (ōkarina) — musical instrument
  • Azerbaijani: okarina — musical instrument
  • Catalan: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Chinese Cantonese: 陶笛 (tou4 dek6) — musical instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陶笛 (táodí) — musical instrument
  • Czech: okarína — musical instrument
  • Danish: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Danish: okarina — musical instrument
  • Dutch: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Esperanto: okarino — musical instrument
  • Estonian: okariin — musical instrument
  • Finnish: okariina — musical instrument
  • French: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Friulian: ocarine — musical instrument
  • Galician: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Georgian: ოქარინა (okarina) — musical instrument
  • German: Okarina — musical instrument
  • Greek: οκαρίνα (okarína) — musical instrument
  • Hebrew: אוקרינה — musical instrument
  • Hungarian: okarina — musical instrument
  • Icelandic: okkarína — musical instrument
  • Ido: okarino — musical instrument
  • Indonesian: okarina — musical instrument
  • Irish: ócairín — musical instrument
  • Italian: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Japanese: オカリナ (okarina) — musical instrument
  • Khmer: អូការីណា (ʼoukaariinaa) — musical instrument
  • Korean: 오카리나 (okarina) — musical instrument
  • Lao: ໂອກາລິນາ (ʼō kā li nā) — musical instrument
  • Latvian: okarīna — musical instrument
  • Lithuanian: okarina — musical instrument
  • Maltese: okarina — musical instrument
  • Nahuatl: huilacapītztli — musical instrument
  • Norwegian: okarina — musical instrument
  • Norwegian: okarina — musical instrument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leirgjøk — musical instrument
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leirgauk — musical instrument
  • Persian: اوکارینا (okârinâ) — musical instrument
  • Polish: okaryna — musical instrument
  • Portuguese: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Romanian: ocarină — musical instrument
  • Russian: окари́на (okarína) — musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: окари́на — musical instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: okarína — musical instrument
  • Slovene: okarína — musical instrument
  • Spanish: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Swedish: okarina — musical instrument
  • Swedish: lergök — musical instrument
  • Thai: โอคาริน่า — musical instrument
  • Turkish: okarina — musical instrument
  • Welsh: ocarina — musical instrument
  • Yiddish: אָקאַרינע (okarine) — musical instrument