theremin
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Russian inventor Léon Theremin (1896–1993). Theremin is a French version of his Russian name, Ле́в Терме́н (Lév Termén).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈθɛə.ɹəˌmɪn/, /ˈθɛ.ɹɪ.mɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- aetherophone, ætherphone, etherophone, etherphone, thereminophone, termenvox, thereminvox (dated)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]electronic musical instrument
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Further reading
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]theremin
Declension
[edit]Inflection of theremin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | thereminittä | theremineittä | ||
instructive | — | thereminein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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