violinist

See also: Violinist

English

A violinist.

Etymology

From violin +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

violinist (plural violinists)

1. 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^[1]:

     […] 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^[2]:

     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.

Synonyms

• violin

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bass violinist
• electric violinist
• first violinist
• second violinist
• violinist argument
• violinist analogy

Translations

person who plays violin

• Aragonese: biolinero m
• Armenian: ջութակահար (hy) (ǰutʻakahar)
• Azerbaijani: skripkaçı
• Belarusian: скрыпа́ч m (skrypáč), скрыпа́чка f (skrypáčka)
• Breton: violonour m
• Bulgarian: цигула́р m (cigulár), цигула́рка f (cigulárka), виолини́ст m (violiníst), виолини́стка f (violinístka)
• Catalan: violinista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小提琴手 (zh) (xiǎotíqínshǒu), 小提琴家 (zh) (xiǎotíqínjiā)

• Czech: houslista (cs) m, houslistka (cs) f
• Danish: violinist (da) c
• Dutch: violist (nl) m, violiste (nl) f, vioolspeler (nl) m, vioolspeelster f
• Esperanto: violonisto, (female) violonistino
• Finnish: viulisti (fi)
• French: violoniste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მევიოლინე (mevioline)
• German: Violinist (de) m, Violinistin (de) f
• Greek: βιολιστής (el) m (violistís), βιολίστρια (el) f (violístria), βιολονίστας (el) m (violonístas), βιολονίστρια (el) f (violonístria)
• Hebrew: כַּנָּר (he) m (kanár)
• Hungarian: hegedűművész (hu), hegedűs (hu)
• Irish: veidhleadóir m
• Italian: violinista (it) m or f
• Japanese: バイオリニスト (ja) (baiorinisuto), ヴァイオリニスト (ja) (vaiorinisuto)
• Kazakh: скрипкашы (skripkaşy)
• Korean: 바이올린 연주자 (baiollin yeonjuja)
• Kyrgyz: скрипкачы (skripkacı)
• Latin: violinistus
• Latvian: vijolnieks m, vijolniece f
• Macedonian: виолини́ст m (violiníst), виолини́стка f (violinístka)
• Malay: pemain violin
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хийлч (mn) (xiilč)

• Norman: violonniste m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fiolinist m

  Nynorsk: fiolinist m

• Ottoman Turkish: كامنچه‌جی (kemençeci)
• Polish: skrzypek (pl) m, skrzypaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: violinista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: violonist (ro) m, violonistă (ro) f, viorist (ro) m, vioristă (ro) f
• Russian: скрипа́ч (ru) m (skripáč), скрипа́чка (ru) f (skripáčka)
• Slovak: huslista m, huslistka f
• Slovene: violinist (sl) m, violinistka f
• Spanish: violinista (es) m or f
• Swedish: violinist (sv) c
• Tajik: скрипканавоз (skripkanavoz)
• Thai: นักไวโอลิน (nák-wai-oo-lin)
• Turkish: kemancı (tr)
• Ukrainian: скрипа́ль m (skrypálʹ), скрипа́лька f (skrypálʹka), скрипа́ч m (skrypáč), скрипа́чка f (skrypáčka), скрипа́к m (skrypák)
• Uzbek: skripkachi (uz), skripach
• Vietnamese: tay chơi vi-ô-lông

Danish

Etymology

From Italian violinista (“violinist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /violinist/, [violiˈnisd̥]

Noun

violinist c (singular definite violinisten, plural indefinite violinister)

1. violinist

Inflection

Declension of violinist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	violinist	violinisten	violinister	violinisterne
genitive	violinists	violinistens	violinisters	violinisternes

Swedish

Etymology

From violin +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪʊlɪˈnɪst/

Noun

violinist c

1. violinist (performer of the violin)

Declension

Declension of violinist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	violinist	violinists
	definite	violinisten	violinistens
plural	indefinite	violinister	violinisters
	definite	violinisterna	violinisternas

See also

• cellist
• violast