"stringed instrument" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stringed instruments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stringed instrument (plural stringed instruments)
  1. (music) Any musical instrument in which taut strings are plucked, bowed or struck in order to produce a sound. Wikipedia link: stringed instrument Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: string instrument, string, chordophone Related terms: fidicinal Translations (Translations): snaarinstrument (Afrikaans), آلة وترية (Arabic), լարային գործիք (larayin gorcikʿ) (Armenian), instrumentu de cuerda [masculine] (Asturian), струнен инструмент (english: strunen instrument) [masculine] (Bulgarian), instrument cordòfon [masculine] (Catalan), instrument de corda [masculine] (Catalan), 弦樂器 (Chinese Mandarin), 弦乐器 (xiányuèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), strunný nástroj [masculine] (Czech), strengeinstrument (Danish), snaarinstrument [neuter] (Dutch), kordinstrumento (Esperanto), keelpill (Estonian), kielisoitin (Finnish), instrument à cordes [masculine] (French), instrumento de corda [masculine] (Galician), სიმებიანი საკრავი (simebiani saḳravi) (Georgian), სიმებიანი ინსტრუმენტი (simebiani insṭrumenṭi) (Georgian), ქორდოფონი (kordoponi) [literary, rare] (Georgian), Saiteninstrument [neuter] (German), כלי מיתר (Hebrew), तंतुवाद्य (tantuvādya) (Hindi), húros hangszer (Hungarian), vonós (Hungarian), strengjahljóðfæri [neuter] (Icelandic), alat musik dawai (Indonesian), strumento a corde [masculine] (Italian), 弦楽器 (gengakki) (alt: げんがっき) (Japanese), ತಂತಿವಾದ್ಯ (tantivādya) (Kannada), តន្ត្រី (dɑntrəy) (Khmer), 현악기 (hyeonakgi) (Korean), stīgu instruments [masculine] (Latvian), жичен инструме́нт (žičen instrumént) [masculine] (Macedonian), alat muzik bertali (Malay), autangi (Maori), तंतुवाद्य (tantuvādya) (Marathi), strengeinstrument (Norwegian), instrument de còrdas [masculine] (Occitan), ساز زهی (sâz-e zehi) (Persian), instrument strunowy [masculine] (Polish), instrumento de corda [masculine] (Portuguese), instrumento de cordas [masculine] (Portuguese), стру́нный инструме́нт (strúnnyj instrumént) [masculine] (Russian), strunový nástroj [masculine] (Slovak), strunska glasbila [feminine] (Slovene), instrumento de cuerda [masculine] (Spanish), stränginstrument [neuter] (Swedish), bagtingang panugtog (Tagalog), telli çalgı (Turkish)

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          "roman": "sâz-e zehi",
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          "word": "instrumento de corda"
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      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "dɑntrəy",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "តន្ត្រី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyeonakgi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "현악기"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stīgu instruments"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žičen instrumént",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жичен инструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "alat muzik bertali"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "autangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "tantuvādya",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "तंतुवाद्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "strengeinstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument de còrdas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâz-e zehi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ساز زهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrument strunowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento de corda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento de cordas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strúnnyj instrumént",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стру́нный инструме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strunový nástroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strunska glasbila"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instrumento de cuerda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stränginstrument"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "bagtingang panugtog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "telli çalgı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stringed instrument"
}

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