ocarina

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UK/ɒkəˈɹiːnə/US/ɑkəˈɹinə/US/oʊkəˈɹinə/

noun

A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.

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sweet potato
OriginItalian ocarina ← Late Latin auca ← Latin *avica →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

nounocarina (plural ocarinas)

plural ocarinas · alternative ochorina

  1. entertainmentA woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounegg-shaped terracotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

Similar
sweet potato
Broader
wind instrumentwind
Also see
sweet potato

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwis
  3. Proto-Italic*awis
  4. Latinavis
  5. Latin*avica
  6. Late Latinauca
  7. Italianoca
  8. Italianocarina
  9. Englishocarina

Borrowed from Italian ocarina (literally “little goose”), due to the musical instrument's resemblance to the animal.

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Translations

Arabic أكرين
  • أكرين (akrin)musical instrument
Catalan ocarina
  • ocarinamusical instrument
Chinese Cantonese 陶笛
  • 陶笛 (tou⁴ dek⁶)musical instrument
Chinese Mandarin 陶笛
  • 陶笛 (táodí)musical instrument
Czech okarína
  • okarínamusical instrument
Danish ocarina, okarina
  • ocarinamusical instrument
  • okarinamusical instrument
Dutch ocarina
  • ocarinamusical instrument
Esperanto okarino
  • okarinomusical instrument
Estonian okariin
  • okariinmusical instrument
Finnish okariina
  • okariinamusical instrument
French ocarina
  • ocarinamusical instrument
German Okarina
  • Okarinamusical instrument
Greek οκαρίνα
  • οκαρίνα (okarína)musical instrument
Hebrew אוקרינה
  • אוקרינהmusical instrument
Hungarian okarina
  • okarinamusical instrument
Icelandic okkarína
  • okkarínamusical instrument
Indonesian okarina
  • okarinamusical instrument
Irish ócairín
  • ócairínmusical instrument
Italian ocarina
  • ocarinamusical instrument
Japanese オカリナ
  • オカリナ (okarina)musical instrument
Korean 오카리나
  • 오카리나 (okarina)musical instrument
Latvian okarīna
  • okarīnamusical instrument
Lithuanian okarina
  • okarinamusical instrument
Norwegian okarina, okarina
  • okarinamusical instrument
  • okarinamusical instrument
Norwegian Bokmål leirgjøk
  • leirgjøkmusical instrument
Persian اوکارینا
  • اوکارینا (okârinâ)musical instrument
Polish okaryna
  • okarynamusical instrument
Portuguese ocarina
  • ocarinamusical instrument
Romanian ocarină
  • ocarinămusical instrument
Russian окари́на
  • окари́на (okarína)musical instrument
Spanish ocarina
  • ocarinamusical instrument
Swedish okarina, lergök
  • okarinamusical instrument
  • lergökmusical instrument
Thai โอคาริน่า
  • โอคาริน่าmusical instrument
Turkish okarina
  • okarinamusical instrument
Welsh ocarina
  • ocarinamusical instrument
Yiddish אָקאַרינע
  • אָקאַרינע (okarine)musical instrument

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

AaronicNicarao
Cite this entry
APA

ocarina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocarina

MLA

“ocarina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocarina. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ocarina,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocarina.

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