Fiddle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

avoid (one's assigned duties)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɪdəl/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɪdəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɪdəl/

1 syllable Say it as /fˈɪdəl/.

Examples

The derelict soldier shirked his duties
We found out that she had been fiddling for years
Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

diddle shirk monkey goldbrick tamper shrink from tinker toy play violin

Parts of Speech

noun	bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
verb	avoid (one's assigned duties) “The derelict soldier shirked his duties”
verb	commit fraud and steal from one's employer “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
verb	play the violin or fiddle
verb	play on a violin “Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely”
verb	manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination “She played nervously with her wedding ring”
verb	play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly “Someone tampered with the documents on my desk”
verb	try to fix or mend “Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right”

Word Forms

violinist	noun	a musician who plays the violin
fiddle	verb	play the violin or fiddle
shirker	noun	a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
shirking	noun	the evasion of work or duty
goldbricking	noun	the evasion of work or duty
fiddle	noun	bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
fiddler	noun	a musician who plays the violin
monkey	noun	one who is playfully mischievous

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Geige

Streichinstrument, das höchste Mitglied der Geigenfamilie; Dieses Instrument hat vier Saiten und einen hohlen Korpus sowie ein Griffbrett ohne Bund und wird mit einem Bogen gespielt

🇫🇷French

violon

instrument à cordes frottées qui est le membre le plus élevé de la famille des violons ; cet instrument a quatre cordes et un corps creux et une touche non frettée et se joue avec un archet

🇪🇸Spanish

violín

instrumento de cuerda frotada que es el miembro más alto de la familia del violín; Este instrumento tiene cuatro cuerdas y un cuerpo hueco y un diapasón sin trastes y se toca con un arco.

🇮🇹Italian

violino

strumento ad arco che è il membro più alto della famiglia dei violini; questo strumento ha quattro corde, il corpo cavo e la tastiera senza tasti e si suona con l'archetto

🇳🇱Dutch

viool

strijkinstrument dat het hoogste lid van de vioolfamilie is; dit instrument heeft vier snaren en een holle body en een toets zonder frets en wordt bespeeld met een strijkstok

🇵🇹Portuguese

violino

instrumento de cordas com arco que é o membro mais elevado da família do violino; este instrumento tem quatro cordas e corpo oco e escala sem trastes e é tocado com arco

🇷🇺Russian

скрипка

смычковый струнный инструмент, являющийся высшим представителем семейства скрипичных; Этот инструмент имеет четыре струны, полый корпус и гриф без ладов, на нем играют смычком.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेला

झुका हुआ तार वाला वाद्ययंत्र जो वायलिन परिवार का सर्वोच्च सदस्य है; इस वाद्ययंत्र में चार तार और एक खोखला शरीर और एक बिना झल्लाहट वाला फिंगरबोर्ड होता है और इसे धनुष के साथ बजाया जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বেহালা

নমিত তারযুক্ত যন্ত্র যা বেহালা পরিবারের সর্বোচ্চ সদস্য; এই যন্ত্রটিতে চারটি স্ট্রিং এবং একটি ফাঁপা শরীর এবং একটি অনগ্রসর ফিঙ্গারবোর্ড রয়েছে এবং এটি একটি ধনুক দিয়ে বাজানো হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

பிடில்

வயலின் குடும்பத்தின் மிக உயர்ந்த உறுப்பினரான வளைந்த கம்பி வாத்தியம்; இந்த கருவியில் நான்கு சரங்கள் மற்றும் ஒரு வெற்று உடல் மற்றும் ஒரு unfretted fingerboard மற்றும் ஒரு வில்லுடன் இசைக்கப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫిడేలు

వయోలిన్ కుటుంబంలో అత్యధిక సభ్యుడైన వంగి తీగ వాయిద్యం; ఈ వాయిద్యం నాలుగు తీగలను మరియు బోలుగా ఉన్న శరీరం మరియు విసుగులేని ఫింగర్‌బోర్డ్‌ను కలిగి ఉంటుంది మరియు విల్లుతో వాయించబడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

सारंगी

वाकलेले तंतुवाद्य जे व्हायोलिन कुटुंबातील सर्वोच्च सदस्य आहे; या वाद्यात चार तार आणि एक पोकळ शरीर आणि एक अनफ्रेटेड फिंगरबोर्ड आहे आणि ते धनुष्याने वाजवले जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

વાંસળી

નમન કરેલ તંતુવાદ્ય કે જે વાયોલિન પરિવારનો સર્વોચ્ચ સભ્ય છે; આ સાધનમાં ચાર તાર અને હોલો બોડી અને અનફ્રેટેડ ફિંગરબોર્ડ છે અને તેને ધનુષ વડે વગાડવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಿಟೀಲು

ವಯಲಿನ್ ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಗಿರುವ ಬಾಗಿದ ತಂತಿ ವಾದ್ಯ; ಈ ವಾದ್ಯವು ನಾಲ್ಕು ತಂತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದು ಟೊಳ್ಳಾದ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬಿಲ್ಲಿನಿಂದ ನುಡಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫിഡിൽ

വയലിൻ കുടുംബത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും ഉയർന്ന അംഗമായ വണങ്ങിയ തന്ത്രി ഉപകരണം; ഈ വാദ്യത്തിന് നാല് തന്ത്രികളും പൊള്ളയായ ശരീരവും അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ ഫിംഗർബോർഡും ഉണ്ട്, ഇത് വില്ലുകൊണ്ട് കളിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਜਾ

ਝੁਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਤਾਰ ਵਾਲਾ ਸਾਜ਼ ਜੋ ਵਾਇਲਨ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਉੱਚਾ ਮੈਂਬਰ ਹੈ; ਇਸ ਸਾਜ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਚਾਰ ਤਾਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਖੋਖਲਾ ਸਰੀਰ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਬੇਰੋਕ ਫਿੰਗਰਬੋਰਡ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਧਨੁਸ਼ ਨਾਲ ਵਜਾਇਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بجنا

جھکا ہوا تار والا آلہ جو وائلن خاندان کا سب سے بڑا رکن ہے۔ اس آلے میں چار تار اور ایک کھوکھلا جسم اور ایک غیر فریٹ شدہ فنگر بورڈ ہے اور اسے کمان سے بجایا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

小提琴

弓弦乐器是小提琴家族中最高的成员；该乐器有四根弦、一个空心琴体和一个无品指板，用弓演奏

🇯🇵Japanese

フィドル

ヴァイオリン科の最高位の弦楽器。この楽器は 4 本の弦、中空のボディ、フレットのない指板を備えており、弓で演奏されます。

🇰🇷Korean

깡깡이

바이올린 계열의 최고 구성원인 현악기; 이 악기는 4개의 현과 속이 빈 본체, 프렛이 없는 지판으로 구성되어 있으며 활로 연주됩니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vĩ cầm

nhạc cụ dây cung là thành viên cao nhất trong họ violin; nhạc cụ này có bốn dây, thân rỗng và bàn phím không có phím đàn và được chơi bằng cung

🇹🇭Thai

ซอ

เครื่องสายโค้งคำนับซึ่งเป็นสมาชิกที่สูงที่สุดในตระกูลไวโอลิน เครื่องดนตรีนี้มีสายสี่สาย ลำตัวกลวง และมีฟิงเกอร์บอร์ดที่ไม่พันกัน และเล่นโดยใช้คันธนู

🇮🇩Indonesian

biola

alat musik gesek membungkuk yang merupakan anggota tertinggi dari keluarga biola; Alat musik ini memiliki empat senar dan badan berongga serta fingerboard tanpa fret dan dimainkan dengan busur

🇵🇭Filipino

magbiyolin

bowed stringed instrument na pinakamataas na miyembro ng pamilya ng violin; ang instrumentong ito ay may apat na kuwerdas at isang guwang na katawan at isang unfretted fingerboard at tinutugtog gamit ang busog

🇲🇾Malay

rebab

alat muzik bertali tunduk yang merupakan ahli tertinggi keluarga biola; alat ini mempunyai empat tali dan badan berongga dan papan jari yang tidak terganggu dan dimainkan dengan busur

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كمان

آلة وترية منحنية وهي أعلى عضو في عائلة الكمان؛ تحتوي هذه الآلة على أربعة أوتار وجسم مجوف ولوحة أصابع غير مقلوبة ويتم العزف عليها بالقوس

🇮🇷Persian

کمانچه

ساز زهی آرشه ای که بالاترین عضو خانواده ویولن است. این ساز دارای چهار سیم و بدنه توخالی و صفحه انگشتی بدون فرفره است و با کمان نواخته می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

keman

keman ailesinin en üst üyesi olan yaylı yaylı çalgı; Bu enstrümanın dört teli, içi boş bir gövdesi ve perdesiz bir klavyesi vardır ve yay ile çalınır.

🇮🇱Hebrew

כינור

כלי מיתר קשת שהוא החבר הגבוה ביותר במשפחת הכינורות; לכלי זה יש ארבעה מיתרים וגוף חלול וקרש אצבע לא משופשף והוא מנוגן בקשת

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What is the primary definition of the word 'fiddle'?

The primary meaning of 'fiddle' is 'bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'fiddle' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'fiddle' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'fiddle' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'fiddle' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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