violinist
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A violinist.
See also: Violinist
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
violinist (plural violinists)
- A person who plays the violin.
- 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times:
- […] on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
- 2009 May 5, Steve Smith, “A Group That Doesn’t Sit, Adding Bounce to Haydn”, in The New York Times:
- Founded in 1975 and led by the violinist Richard Tognetti since 1989, the orchestra looks youthful and hip onstage, its players clad in varying shades of black semiformality.
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person who plays violin
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Danish
Etymology
From Italian violinista (“violinist”).
Pronunciation
Noun
violinist c (singular definite violinisten, plural indefinite violinister)
Inflection
Declension of violinist
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | violinist | violinisten | violinister | violinisterne |
| genitive | violinists | violinistens | violinisters | violinisternes |
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
violinist c
- violinist (performer of the violin)
Declension
Declension of violinist