mandolin
A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses,…A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.
» It's unlikely that Tom will ever learn to play the mandolin.
Малоймовірно, що Том коли-небудь навчиться грати на мандоліні.
Meaning
2 sensesA stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.
Mandoline
мандоли́наmandolína
мандолінаmandolina
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables.
Gemüsehobel, Krauthobel
Examples
40 sentencesIt's unlikely that Tom will ever learn to play the mandolin.
Малоймовірно, що Том коли-небудь навчиться грати на мандоліні.
Do you also play the mandolin?
Does Tom also play the mandolin?
Does Tom play the mandolin, too?
ruТом тоже играет на мандолине?
The girl carrying a mandolin was very beautiful.
Translations
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Origin
From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, a large stringed insFrom French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, a large stringed instrument.
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Forms
plural: mandolinsWord family
12 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- play the mandolin
- mandolin as well
- the mandolin as