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バイオリン (baiorin) Japanese meaning: violin | Kotomora

バイオリン

also: ヴァイオリン

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Standard loanword for the musical instrument.

彼かの女じょはバイオリンを習ならっています。

She is learning the violin.

コンサートでバイオリンを演えん奏そうした。

I played the violin at the concert.

Usage patterns

バイオリンを弾ひくto play the violin
彼かの女じょは毎まい晩ばんバイオリンを弾ひく。
She plays the violin every evening.
バイオリンを習ならうto learn/take lessons in violin
娘むすめは五ご歳さいからバイオリンを習ならっている。
My daughter has been learning the violin since she was five.

Don't confuse with

ビオラ
ビオラ (viola) is larger and lower-pitched than バイオリン (violin), and the two are often confused by learners unfamiliar with string instruments.

Counted with

丁ちょう
丁 is the traditional counter used for バイオリン, reflecting its origin as a counter for long, narrow crafted objects like guns and shamisen.
台だいN4
台 is commonly used for バイオリン in everyday speech when treating it simply as a physical instrument/object, alongside the more traditional 丁.

Word family

バイオリンむし
violin beetle; ghost walker
バイオリン奏そう者しゃ
violinist
第だい一いちバイオリン
first violin; first violinist
第だい二にバイオリン
second violin; second violinist

Written forms

バイオリンUsage41%
Most common katakana spelling for 'violin'.
ヴァイオリンUsage59%
Alternate spelling that more closely reflects the original pronunciation; less common than バイオリン.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'violin'.