mandolin
pronunciation
How to pronounce mandolin in British English:
UK [ˈmændəlɪn]
How to pronounce mandolin in American English:
US [ˌmændəˈlɪn, ˈmændlɪn]
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- Noun:
- a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
Word Origin
- mandolin
- mandolin: see banjo
- mandolin (n.)
- 1707, from French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, a larger kind of mandolin, altered from Late Latin pandura "three-stringed lute," from Greek pandoura, which is of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. Mr. lowther is teaching me to play the mandolin .
- 2. This does not include time spent listening to the mandolin , the fiddle or the ukulele .
- 3. A russian instrument with a triangular body and three strings that produces sounds similar to those of a mandolin .
- 4. She plays the mandolin in a folk band .
- 5. A mouse is playing music on a mandolin .