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

Latin

Etymology

Latinization of Italian Stradivari

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Stradivarius

1. a surname from Italian

Descendants

• English: Stradivarius