viola d'amore

viola d'a·mo·re  (dä-môr, -mr, -môr, -mr)

n.

A stringed instrument, the tenor of the violin family, having six or seven stopped strings and an equal number of sympathetic strings.

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[Italian : viola, viol + da, of + amore, love.]

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viola d'amore [vɪˈəʊlə dæˈmɔːrɪ]

n

(Music / Instruments) an instrument of the viol family having no frets, seven strings, and a set of sympathetic strings. It was held under the chin when played

[from Italian, literally: viol of love]

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Noun

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viola d'amore - viol that is the tenor of the viol family viol - any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family