violinist
noun
violinist is spelled V-I-O-L-I-N-I-S-T: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, violinist means “A person who plays the violin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of violinist is violinists.
How many letters and syllables are in violinist?
| Letters | 9: V-I-O-L-I-N-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is violinist?
Violinist appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce violinist?
Violinist has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-violinist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of violinist
- violinists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does violinist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who plays the violin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Violinist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who plays violin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | violoniste |
| German | Violinist, Violinistin, Geiger, Geigerin |
| Portuguese | violinista |
| Spanish | violinista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does violinist come from?
From violin + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).