theremin
English
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Etymology
From its inventor, the Russian Léon Theremin. Theremin is a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French surname (compare Russian Ле́в Терме́н (Lév Termén)).
Pronunciation
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
- ætherphone, etherphone, thereminophone, termenvox, thereminvox (dated)
Derived terms
Translations
electronic musical instrument
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Finnish
Noun
theremin
Declension
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. |