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viol

/ˈvaɪ.əl/

Traduction: Nom désignant une famille d'instruments de musique à cordes frottées, ancêtres du violon, ainsi que l'un de ces instruments.

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C2formalcommonart/ˈvaɪ.əl/

A noun referring to any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant une famille d'instruments de musique à cordes frottées, ancêtres du violon, ainsi que l'un de ces instruments.
  1. String instrument C1 formal art

    Any of a family of bowed, fretted stringed instruments that were popular in the Renaissance and Baroque periods, preceding the modern violin family.

    • The musician played a beautiful melody on a treble viol.
    • The consort of viols performed at the Renaissance fair.
    • He studied the technique of playing the bass viol.

    🇫🇷viole de gambe

    Synonymes: gambaviola da gamba

  • viols plural form
  • viols' possessive plural form
  • viol's possessive singular form