Meaning

1 senses
  1. A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.

    Okarina

    окари́наokarína

    egg-shaped terracotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Where did you buy that ocarina?

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  2. Tom can't play the ocarina, but Mary can.

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  3. The ocarina is very underrated.

    deDie Ocarina findet viel zuwenig Beachtung.

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  4. My New Year's resolution is to learn how to play the ocarina.

    deMein Vorsatz fürs neue Jahr ist es, Okarina spielen zu lernen.

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  5. It's a pity that hang, ocarina and pipa are so unpopular around here.

    deSchade, dass Hang, Okarina und Pipa bei uns so wenig verbreitet sind.

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Translations

8 languages
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Origin

Borrowed from Italian ocarina (literally “little goose”), due to the musical instrument's

Borrowed from Italian ocarina (literally “little goose”), due to the musical instrument's resemblance to the animal.

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Forms

plural: ocarinas

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • egg-shaped terracotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes:sweet potato

Word family

2 related words
Derivedocarinist

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ocarina — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto