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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmandoline
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /mɑ̃.dɔ.lin/
"Il joue de la mandoline dans un groupe de folk."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A musical instrument of the lute family, typically with four pairs of metal strings played with a plectrum.
"He played a lively folk tune on his acoustic mandolin." - 2
A kitchen utensil used for slicing and cutting vegetables by sliding them across a flat surface fixed with a sharp blade.
"Be careful using the mandolin when slicing the potatoes for the gratin."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word derives from the Italian mandolino, a diminutive of mandola, which comes from the late Latin pandura and ultimately from the ancient Greek pandoura, a three-stringed lute. It entered the English language in the late 18th century as the instrument gained popularity in classical and folk European music.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mandolin" is said worldwide
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mandoline
Transliteration: /mɑ̃.dɔ.lin/
"Il joue de la mandoline dans un groupe de folk."
Mandoline
Transliteration: /mandoˈliːnə/
"Sie spielt wunderschön Mandoline."
mandolino
Transliteration: /mandoˈliːno/
"Il suono del mandolino risuonava nella piazza."
mandolina
Transliteration: /mandoˈlina/
"Compró una nueva mandolina para sus clases de música."
bandolim
Transliteration: /bãduˈlĩ/
"O choro brasileiro destaca o som brilhante do bandolim."
मंडोलिन
Transliteration: mandolin
"उसने संगीत में मंडोलिन बजाया।"
曼陀林
Transliteration: màntuólín
"他弹奏着曼陀林。"
만돌린
Transliteration: mandollin
"그는 포크 송에 맞춰 만돌린을 연주했다."
マンドリン
Transliteration: mandorin
"彼女はマンドリンの演奏を習っている。"
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