stringed instrument

English

Noun

stringed instrument (plural stringed instruments)

1. (music) Any of very many musical instruments in which taut strings are plucked, bowed or struck in order to produce a sound

Synonyms

• chordophone
• string in music only, usually in plural
• string instrument

Translations

type of musical instrument

• Catalan: instrument cordòfon (ca) m, instrument de corda (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弦樂器／弦乐器 (zh) (xiányuèqì), 弦乐器 (zh) (xiányuèqì)

• Dutch: snaarinstrument (nl) n
• Esperanto: kordinstrumento
• Estonian: keelpill
• Finnish: kielisoitin (fi)
• French: instrument à cordes (fr) m
• German: Saiteninstrument (de) n
• Hungarian: húros hangszer, vonós
• Icelandic: strengjahljóðfæri (is) n
• Italian: strumento a corde m
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• Japanese: 弦楽器 (ja) (げんがっき, gengakki)
• Khmer: តន្ត្រី (dɑntrəy)
• Latvian: stīgu instruments m
• Macedonian: жичен инструме́нт m (žičen instrumént)
• Maori: autangi
• Persian: ساز زهی (sâz-e zehi)
• Polish: instrument strunowy m
• Portuguese: instrumento de corda m
• Russian: стру́нный инструме́нт m (strúnnyj instrumént)
• Spanish: instrumento de cuerda m
• Swedish: stränginstrument (sv) n
• Tagalog: bagtingang panugtog