mandolin

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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌmændəˈlɪn/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmændəlɪn, ˌmændəˈlɪn/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(man′dl in, man′dl in′)

man•do•lin /ˈmændəlɪn, ˌmændəˈlɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Music and Dancean eight-stringed musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a neck with frets.

man•do•lin (man′dl in, man′dl in′),USA pronunciation n.

Music and Dancea musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.

Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, variant of mandora, alteration of pandora bandore
1700–10

man′do•lin′ist, n.

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mandolin, mandoline /ˌmændəˈlɪn/ n

a plucked stringed instrument related to the lute, having four pairs of strings tuned in ascending fifths stretched over a small light body with a fretted fingerboard. It is usually played with a plectrum, long notes being sustained by the tremolo

Etymology: 18th Century: via French from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandora lute, ultimately from Greek pandoura musical instrument with three stringsˌmandoˈlinist n

'mandolin' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bouzouki - mandola - plectrum

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