Polish word senses marked with topical category "String instruments"
Parent categories: Musical instruments, Music, Tools, Art, Sound, Technology, Culture, Energy, Society, Nature
Total 41 word senses
- akustyk (Noun) soundman, audio engineer (person who helps design the sound for a band at a gig or concert)
- altówka (Noun) viola (stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone)
- altówka miłosna (Noun) viola d'amore (7- or 6-stringed musical instrument similar to the treble viol, used chiefly in the Baroque period)
- amorka (Noun) viola d'amore (7- or 6-stringed musical instrument similar to the treble viol, used chiefly in the Baroque period)
- bas (Noun) bass, bass guitar; contrabass
- basetla (Noun) cello, violoncello (large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow)
- bałabajka (Noun) balalaika
- bałałajka (Noun) balalaika
- cymbałki (Noun) glockenspiel, bells (musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch)
- cymbały (Noun) cimbalom (type of concert hammered dulcimer used primarily in the music of Central and Eastern Europe)
- cytra (Noun) zither (musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips)
- elektryk (Noun) electrician (tradesperson who installs, repairs, and maintains electrical wiring and equipment)
- elektryk (Noun) electrical technical school (secondary school with an electrical profile)
- elektryk (Noun) electric car (car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from rechargeable batteries)
- elektryk (Noun) electronic cigarette, vapor pen (cylindrical battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by way of a vaporized solution)
- fidel (Noun) vielle (medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin)
- fortepian (Noun) piano, grand piano (large piano in which the strings are strung horizontally in a heavy frame shaped like a harp)
- gadułka (Noun) Alternative form of gydułka
- gitara (Noun) guitar (stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick))
- gitara akustyczna (Noun) acoustic guitar (hollow-body guitar of the older variety, in contradistinction to an electric guitar)
- gitara elektryczna (Noun) electric guitar (guitar which requires electronic amplification to produce sufficient sound)
- gitara hawajska (Noun) Hawaiian guitar, lap steel guitar (type of steel guitar held in the lap, usually with six strings and a square neck)
- gitara klasyczna (Noun) classical guitar (type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum)
- gromejza (Noun) iron instrument with a harp and drum, which, when its spring is blown on with the lip or is struck, produces a tone similar to a harmonica
- gędźba (Noun) music
- gęśle (Noun) gusle (single-stringed instrument)
- kitara (Noun) cithara (ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar)
- klasyk (Noun) classical guitar (type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum)
- kobza (Noun) kobza (Ukrainian musical instrument)
- kontrabas (Noun) double bass (musical instrument)
- lutnia (Noun) lute (stringed instrument)
- maryna (Noun) Synonym of kontrabas
- maryna (Noun) Synonym of basetla
- pianino (Noun) upright piano (piano whose strings are vertical)
- pianino (Noun) upright piano class
- skrzypce (Noun) violin (small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow)
- strunowiec (Noun) stringed instrument, chordophone (musical instrument that produces sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner)
- ukulele (Noun) ukulele (small four-stringed guitar)
- wiolonczela (Noun) cello, violoncello (large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow)
- wiosło (Noun) oar
- żyrafa (Noun) piano whose strings and sound box are set vertically rather than horizontally, produced and used in the 18th and 19th centuries
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