theremin

theremin

See also: theremín and þeremín

English

A modern theremin

Etymology

Named after Russian inventor Léon Theremin (1896–1993). Theremin is a French version of his Russian name, Ле́в Терме́н (Lév Termén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɛə.ɹəˌmɪn/, /ˈθɛ.ɹɨ.mɪn/

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Noun

theremin (plural theremins)

1. An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennae mounted on the instrument.

Synonyms

• ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone, termenvox, thereminvox (dated)

Coordinate terms

• ondes martenot

Derived terms

• thereminist

Translations

electronic musical instrument

Armenian: տերմեն (termen) Basque: theremin Catalan: theremin Chinese: Mandarin: 特雷門／特雷门 (tèléimén), 泰勒明電子琴／泰勒明电子琴 (tàilèmíng diànzǐqín) Czech: theremin Danish: theremin Dutch: theremin (nl) m or f Esperanto: teremino Estonian: teremin Finnish: theremin (fi) French: thérémine (fr) m, éthérophone (fr) m, thereminvox m Galician: theremin German: Theremin (de) m or n Greek: θέρεμιν (théremin) Hungarian: teremin Icelandic: þeremín n Italian: theremin m Japanese: テルミン (terumin), テルミンヴォクス (teruminvokusu) Macedonian: теремин (teremin) Norwegian: Bokmål: theremin Nynorsk: theremin Polish: theremin (pl) m Portuguese: teremim (pt) m Russian: терменво́кс (ru) m (termenvóks) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: терѐмӣн m Roman: terèmīn (sh) m Slovak: theremin Slovene: teremin Spanish: theremín (es) m Swedish: theremin (sv) c, teremin c, thereminvox c, aetherophone c Thai: เธรามิน Ukrainian: терменвокс (termenvoks)

Further reading

• theremin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Etymology

From French thérémine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteremin/, [ˈt̪e̞re̞min]

Noun

theremin

1. (music) theremin

Declension

Inflection of theremin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		theremin	thereminit
genitive		thereminin	thereminien
partitive		thereminiä	thereminejä
illative		thereminiin	theremineihin
		singular	plural
nominative		theremin	thereminit
accusative	nom.	theremin	thereminit
	gen.	thereminin
genitive		thereminin	thereminien
partitive		thereminiä	thereminejä
inessive		thereminissä	theremineissä
elative		thereministä	theremineistä
illative		thereminiin	theremineihin
adessive		thereminillä	theremineillä
ablative		thereminiltä	theremineiltä
allative		thereminille	theremineille
essive		theremininä	theremineinä
translative		thereminiksi	theremineiksi
instructive		—	thereminein
abessive		thereminittä	theremineittä
comitative		—	theremineineen

Possessive forms of theremin (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	thereminini	thereminimme
2nd person	thereminisi	theremininne
3rd person	theremininsä