Stradivarius

Stradivarius

See also: stradivarius

English

Etymology

Named after the Stradivari family (Latin Stradivarius), an Italian surname either from the plural of Lombard stradivare (“toll-man”), or from strada averta (“open road”) in the Cremonese dialect.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌstɹadɪˈvɛəɹɪ.əs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌstɹædəˈvɛɹi.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs

Noun

Stradivarius (plural Stradivariuses or Stradivarii)

1. (music) A stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari.
2. (music) A violin made by another manufacturer, named to capitalise on the fame of the instruments made by Antonio Stradivari.

   Synonym: Strad (informal)

3. (figuratively) A name invoked as a standard of excellence in unrelated fields.

   A Bath boat is the Stradivarius of destroyers!

Derived terms

• Strad

 

Translations

stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family

Arabic: (please verify) سَتْرَادِيفَارِيُوس‎ m (satrādīfāriyūs) Chinese: Mandarin: 斯特拉迪瓦里琴 (Sītèlādíwǎlǐ qín) Czech: stradivárky (cs) f pl Estonian: stradivaarius Finnish: stradivarius French: stradivarius (fr) m Galician: stradivarius (gl) m German: Stradivari (de) f, Stradivarius (de) f Greek: Στραντιβάριους n (Strantivárious) Hebrew: סטרדיוואריוס‎ m (stradvárius) Italian: stradivario (it) m Japanese: ストラディバリウス (sutoradibariusu), ストラディバリ (sutoradibari), ストラド (sutorado) Korean: 스트라디바리우스 (seuteuradibariuseu) Malayalam: സ്ട്രാഡിവാരിയസ് (sṭrāḍivāriyasŭ) Norwegian: Bokmål: stradivarius (no) m Nynorsk: stradivarius m Portuguese: estradivário (pt) m Romanian: stradivarius (ro) n Russian: скри́пка Страдива́ри f (skrípka Stradivári) Spanish: stradivarius m Swedish: stradivarius (sv) c Vietnamese: đàn xtrađivariut, đàn viôlông xtrat, xtrađivariut, viôlông xtrat

standard of excellence

Finnish: stradivarius French: stradivarius (fr) m

Further reading

• Stradivarius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

Latinization of Italian Stradivari

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /stra.diˈu̯a.ri.us/, [s̠t̪räd̪iˈu̯äriʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stra.diˈva.ri.us/, [st̪räd̪iˈväːrius]

Proper noun

Stradivarius

1. a surname from Italian

Descendants

• English: Stradivarius