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theremin
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English
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.ɹɪ.mɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
theremin (plural theremins)
- 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
- aetherophone, ætherphone, etherophone, etherphone, thereminophone, termenvox, thereminvox (dated)
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Derived terms
Translations
electronic musical instrument
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Further reading
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
theremin
Declension
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Spanish
Etymology
Noun
theremin m (plural therémines)
Further reading
- “theremin”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN
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