Definitions for violist
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vi•olˈvaɪ əl(n.)
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usu. six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of viol:
1475–85; < MF viole (akin to OF viel(l)e> earlier E viele) < OPr viola, der. of violar to play the viol or a similar instrument (perh. imit.)
vi′ol•ist(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
violist(noun)
a musician who plays the viola
Wiktionary
violist(Noun)
a person who plays the viol or the viola
Webster Dictionary
Violist(noun)
a player on the viol
Translations for violist
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- vioolspelerAfrikaans
- عازِف الكَمانArabic
- цигуларBulgarian
- violinistaPortuguese (BR)
- houslista, -kaCzech
- der/die Violinist(in)German
- violinistDanish
- βιολιστήςGreek
- violinistaSpanish
- viiuldajaEstonian
- نوازنده ویولنFarsi
- viulistiFinnish
- violonisteFrench
- כַּנָרHebrew
- सारंगी बेला आदि बजाने वालाHindi
- violinistCroatian
- hegedűművészHungarian
- pemain biolaIndonesian
- fiðluleikariIcelandic
- violinistaItalian
- バイオリン奏者Japanese
- 바이올린 연주자Korean
- smuikininkasLithuanian
- vijolnieksLatvian
- pemain violin, biolaMalay
- violistDutch
- fiolinspiller, fiolinistNorwegian
- skrzypekPolish
- نوازنده ویولنPersian
- سرينده ږغوونكىPashto
- violinistaPortuguese
- violonistRomanian
- скрипачRussian
- huslista, -kaSlovak
- violinistSlovenian
- violinistaSerbian
- violinistSwedish
- นักสีไวโอลินThai
- kemancıTurkish
- 小提琴手Chinese (Trad.)
- скрипальUkrainian
- سارنگي نوازUrdu
- người chơi vĩ cầmVietnamese
- 小提琴手Chinese (Simp.)
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