バイオリン

Japanese
バイオリン (baiorin): a violin.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English violin.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) バイオリン [bàíóríń] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠io̞ɾʲĩɴ]

Noun

バイオリン • (baiorin) 

  1. (music) a violin

Usage notes

The ヴァイオリン (vaiorin) spelling is less common, in part because the /v/ sound does not exist in native Japanese terms, and many Japanese speakers find this difficult to pronounce.

Synonyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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