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mandolin

/ˈmændəˌlɪn/MAN-duh-lin
/ˈmændəˌlɪn/MAN-duh-lin

Meaningstringed instrument

Common meaning: small stringed instrument played with a plectrum

Journey through time

  1. Italianmandolino‘small mandola’source
  2. Frenchmandoline‘mandolin’source
  3. Englishmandolin‘small stringed instrument played with a plectrum’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian mandolino ‘stringed instrument’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry MANDOLIN, p. 311 · dictionary scan

Roots

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