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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

바이올린

Pronunciation / Transliteration: baiolrin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fiddle/ˈfɪd.əl/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그녀는 바이올린으로 경쾌한 곡을 연주했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A stringed musical instrument played with a bow, commonly associated with folk music.

    "She played a lively tune on her fiddle at the festival."
As verb
  1. 1

    To play the fiddle; to engage in playful or aimless activity.

    "He was fiddling with the knobs on the radio, trying to find a good station."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'fithele', meaning a violin or stringed instrument, which stems from Germanic origins and ultimately from medieval Latin 'vitula'. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from playing the instrument to making nervous, small movements or engaging in petty manipulation.

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