viol /vīˈəl/

Any member of a class of stringed instruments, tuned in fourths and thirds, forerunners of the violin class, of which the double bass is perhaps the closest modern relative

viola /vi-ōˈlə/ noun

A stringed instrument, slightly bigger than the violin, tuned a fifth lower

violer /vīˈə-lər/ noun

1. A viol player
2. A fiddler

violin /vī-ə-linˈ or vīˈ/ noun

1. The smallest of the modern orchestral stringed instruments, with four strings tuned in fifths (G, D, A, E), held under the chin and played with a bow
2. A violinist

vīˈolinist (or /-linˈ/) noun

A player on the violin

violinistˈic adjective

violinistˈically adverb

violist /vīˈəl-ist/ noun

1. A player on the viol
2. /vē-ōˈlist/ a player on the viola

violoncellist /vē- or vī-ə-lən-chelˈist/ noun

A cello-player

violoncellˈo noun (pl violoncellˈos)

A bass instrument of the violin class, commonly called cello

violone /vē-ō-lōˈnā or vīˈə-lōn/ noun

A double-bass viol, bigger than the viola da gamba, perhaps the ancestor of the modern double bass

viola da braccio /dä brätˈchō/ noun

(Ital, viol for the arm) a tenor viol, held along the arm

viola da gamba /gämˈba/ noun

(Ital, viol for the leg) a bass viol, resembling the cello

viola d'amore /dä-mōˈrā/ noun

(Ital, of love) a tenor viol with sympathetic strings under the fingerboard

viola da spalla /spälˈla/ noun

(Ital, for the shoulder) a bigger form of tenor viol

viˈol-de-gamˈboys noun (Shakespeare)

The viola da gamba

violin spider noun

A very small brown and orange spotted spider of S America, whose bite can be fatal to humans

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