noun
Meaning 1
A person who plays the viol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
violist
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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/ˈvaɪ.əl.ɪst/
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Received-Pronunciation: /viˈəʊ.lɪst/
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Canada, US: /viˈoʊ.lɪst/
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CMU ARPABET: V IY2 OW1 L AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who plays the viola.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a musician who plays the viola
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English viol 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 violist From viol + -ist.
Etymology tree English viola 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 violist From viola + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: altvioolspeler — person who plays the viola
- Afrikaans: altviolis — person who plays the viola
- Catalan: violista — person who plays the viola
- Catalan: viola — person who plays the viola
- Dutch: altviolist — person who plays the viola
- Dutch: altvioliste — person who plays the viola
- French: altiste — person who plays the viola
- German: Bratscher — person who plays the viola
- German: Bratscherin — person who plays the viola
- German: Bratschist — person who plays the viola
- German: Bratschistin — person who plays the viola
- German: Violaspieler — person who plays the viola
- German: Viola-Spieler — person who plays the viola
- German: Violaspielerin — person who plays the viola
- German: Viola-Spielerin — person who plays the viola
- Irish: vióladóir — person who plays the viola
- Italian: violista — person who plays the viola
- Polish: altowiolista — person who plays the viola
- Polish: altowiolistka — person who plays the viola
- Polish: alcista — person who plays the viola
- Polish: alcistka — person who plays the viola
- Polish: altysta — person who plays the viola
- Polish: altystka — person who plays the viola
- Polish: altowiolinista — person who plays the viola
- Polish: altowiolinistka — person who plays the viola
- Portuguese: violista — person who plays the viola
- Swedish: violast — person who plays the viola
- Swedish: altviolinist — person who plays the viola