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violinist

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

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who plays the violin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a musician who plays the violin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fiddler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player

Narrower terms: Corelli, Arcangelo Corelli, Enesco, Georges Enesco, George Enescu, Grappelli, Stephane Grappelli, Joachim, Joseph Joachim, Kreisler, Fritz Kreisler, Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Paganini, Niccolo Paganini, Stern, Isaac Stern, Vivaldi, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Zimbalist, Efrem Zimbalist, Zukerman, Pinchas Zukerman

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Medieval Latin *vitulader. Old Occitan violabor.? Italian viola Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian violinoder. English violin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English violinist From violin + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: violinist — person who plays violin
  • Albanian: violiniste — person who plays violin
  • Aragonese: biolinero — person who plays violin
  • Armenian: ջութակահար (ǰutʻakahar) — person who plays violin
  • Asturian: violinista — person who plays violin
  • Azerbaijani: skripkaçı — person who plays violin
  • Belarusian: скрыпа́ч (skrypáč) — person who plays violin
  • Belarusian: скрыпа́чка (skrypáčka) — person who plays violin
  • Breton: violonour — person who plays violin
  • Bulgarian: цигула́р (cigulár) — person who plays violin
  • Bulgarian: цигула́рка (cigulárka) — person who plays violin
  • Bulgarian: виолини́ст (violiníst) — person who plays violin
  • Bulgarian: виолини́стка (violinístka) — person who plays violin
  • Catalan: violinista — person who plays violin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小提琴手 (xiǎotíqínshǒu) — person who plays violin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小提琴家 (xiǎotíqínjiā) — person who plays violin
  • Czech: houslista — person who plays violin
  • Czech: houslistka — person who plays violin
  • Danish: violinist — person who plays violin
  • Dutch: violist — person who plays violin
  • Dutch: violiste — person who plays violin
  • Dutch: vioolspeler — person who plays violin
  • Dutch: vioolspeelster — person who plays violin
  • Esperanto: violonisto — person who plays violin
  • Esperanto: violonistino — person who plays violin
  • Estonian: viiuldaja — person who plays violin
  • Finnish: viulisti — person who plays violin
  • French: violoniste — person who plays violin
  • Georgian: მევიოლინე (mevioline) — person who plays violin
  • German: Violinist — person who plays violin
  • German: Violinistin — person who plays violin
  • German: Geiger — person who plays violin
  • German: Geigerin — person who plays violin
  • Greek: βιολιστής (violistís) — person who plays violin
  • Greek: βιολίστρια (violístria) — person who plays violin
  • Greek: βιολονίστας (violonístas) — person who plays violin
  • Greek: βιολονίστρια (violonístria) — person who plays violin
  • Hebrew: כַּנָּר (kanár) — person who plays violin
  • Hungarian: hegedűművész — person who plays violin
  • Hungarian: hegedűs — person who plays violin
  • Irish: veidhleadóir — person who plays violin
  • Italian: violinista — person who plays violin
  • Japanese: バイオリニスト (baiorinisuto) — person who plays violin
  • Japanese: ヴァイオリニスト (vaiorinisuto) — person who plays violin
  • Kazakh: скрипкашы (skripkaşy) — person who plays violin
  • Korean: 바이올리니스트 (baiolliniseuteu) — person who plays violin
  • Kyrgyz: скрипкачы (skripkacı) — person who plays violin
  • Latin: violinistus — person who plays violin
  • Latvian: vijolnieks — person who plays violin
  • Latvian: vijolniece — person who plays violin
  • Lithuanian: smui̇̃kininkas — person who plays violin
  • Lithuanian: smui̇̃kininkė — person who plays violin
  • Macedonian: виолини́ст (violiníst) — person who plays violin
  • Macedonian: виолини́стка (violinístka) — person who plays violin
  • Malay: pemain violin — person who plays violin
  • Marshallese: ri-baeoliin — person who plays violin
  • Mongolian: хийлч (xiilč) — person who plays violin
  • Norman: violonniste — person who plays violin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fiolinist — person who plays violin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fiolinist — person who plays violin
  • Polish: skrzypek — person who plays violin
  • Polish: skrzypaczka — person who plays violin
  • Portuguese: violinista — person who plays violin
  • Romanian: violonist — person who plays violin
  • Romanian: violonistă — person who plays violin
  • Romanian: viorist — person who plays violin
  • Romanian: vioristă — person who plays violin
  • Russian: скрипа́ч (skripáč) — person who plays violin
  • Russian: скрипа́чка (skripáčka) — person who plays violin
  • Slovak: huslista — person who plays violin
  • Slovak: huslistka — person who plays violin
  • Slovene: violinist — person who plays violin
  • Slovene: violinistka — person who plays violin
  • Spanish: violinista — person who plays violin
  • Swedish: violinist — person who plays violin
  • Tajik: скрипканавоз (skripkanavoz) — person who plays violin
  • Thai: นักไวโอลิน (nák-wai-oo-lin) — person who plays violin
  • Turkish: kemancı — person who plays violin
  • Ottoman Turkish: كامنچهجی (kemençeci) — person who plays violin
  • Ukrainian: скрипа́ль (skrypálʹ) — person who plays violin
  • Ukrainian: скрипа́лька (skrypálʹka) — person who plays violin
  • Ukrainian: скрипа́ч (skrypáč) — person who plays violin
  • Ukrainian: скрипа́чка (skrypáčka) — person who plays violin
  • Ukrainian: скрипа́к (skrypák) — person who plays violin
  • Uzbek: skripkachi — person who plays violin
  • Uzbek: skripach — person who plays violin
  • Vietnamese: tay chơi vi-ô-lông — person who plays violin
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