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A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: viola d'amore, viola da gamba, gamba, gambo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stringed instrument
A large rope used to manipulate the anchor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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To play the viol.
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any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: bowed stringed instrument, string
Narrower terms: viola da braccio, viola da gamba, gamba, bass viol, viola d'amore
Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
вио́ла да га́мба
(vióla da gámba)
— stringed instrument
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Catalan:
viola de gamba
— stringed instrument
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Danish:
viola da gamba
— stringed instrument
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Dutch:
viola da gamba
— stringed instrument
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Finnish:
viola da gamba
— stringed instrument
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French:
viole de gambe
— stringed instrument
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Georgian:
ვიოლა
(viola)
— stringed instrument
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Georgian:
ალტი
(alṭi)
— stringed instrument
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German:
Gambe
— stringed instrument
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German:
Viola da Gamba
— stringed instrument
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German:
Kniegeige
— stringed instrument
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Hungarian:
viola da gamba
— stringed instrument
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Hungarian:
gamba
— stringed instrument
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Icelandic:
gamba
— stringed instrument
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Irish:
vióla da gamba
— stringed instrument
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Portuguese:
viola da gamba
— stringed instrument
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Russian:
вио́ла
(vióla)
— stringed instrument
