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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024man•do•lin /ˈmændəlɪn, ˌmændəˈlɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancean eight-stringed musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a neck with frets.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024man•do•lin (man′dl in, man′dl in′),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, variant of mandora, alteration of pandora bandore
- 1700–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mandolin, mandoline /ˌmændəˈlɪn/ n - a plucked stringed instrument related to the lute, having four pairs of strings tuned in ascending fifths stretched over a small light body with a fretted fingerboard. It is usually played with a plectrum, long notes being sustained by the tremolo
Etymology: 18th Century: via French from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandora lute, ultimately from Greek pandoura musical instrument with three stringsˌmandoˈlinist n |