theremin

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UK/ˈθɛ.ɹə.mɪn/US/ˈθɛə.ɹəˌmɪn/

noun

An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennas mounted on the instrument.

Similar
aetherophoneætherphoneetherophoneetherphonethereminophonetermenvoxthereminvox
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Meanings

nountheremin (plural theremins)

plural theremins

  1. An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennas mounted on the instrument.

    Synonyms: aetherophone, ætherphone, etherophone, etherphone, thereminophone, termenvox, thereminvox

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennas mounted on the instrument.

Similar
aetherophoneætherphoneetherophoneetherphonethereminophonetermenvoxthereminvox
Also see
aetherophoneetherophoneetherphone

Origin

Named after Russian inventor Léon Theremin (1896–1993). Theremin is a French version of his Russian name, Ле́в Терме́н (Lév Termén).

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Translations

Basque theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Catalan theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Chinese Mandarin 特雷門 /特雷门, 泰勒明電子琴 /泰勒明电子琴
  • 特雷門 /特雷门 (tèléimén)electronic musical instrument
  • 泰勒明電子琴 /泰勒明电子琴 (tàilèmíng diànzǐqín)electronic musical instrument
Czech theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Danish theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Dutch theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Esperanto teremino
  • tereminoelectronic musical instrument
Estonian teremin
  • tereminelectronic musical instrument
Finnish theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
French thérémine, éthérophone
  • thérémineelectronic musical instrument
  • éthérophoneelectronic musical instrument
  • thereminvoxelectronic musical instrument
German Theremin
  • Thereminelectronic musical instrument
Greek θέρεμιν
  • θέρεμιν (théremin)electronic musical instrument
Hungarian teremin
  • tereminelectronic musical instrument
Icelandic þeremín
  • þeremínelectronic musical instrument
Italian theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Japanese テルミン, テレミン
  • テルミン (terumin)electronic musical instrument
  • テレミン (teremin)electronic musical instrument
Norwegian Bokmål theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Polish theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Portuguese teremim
  • teremimelectronic musical instrument
Russian терменво́кс
  • терменво́кс (termenvóks)electronic musical instrument
Slovak theremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
Spanish theremín, eterófono
  • theremínelectronic musical instrument
  • eterófonoelectronic musical instrument
Swedish theremin, teremin
  • thereminelectronic musical instrument
  • tereminelectronic musical instrument
  • thereminvoxelectronic musical instrument
  • aetherophoneelectronic musical instrument
Thai เธรามิน
  • เธรามินelectronic musical instrument
Turkish teremin
  • tereminelectronic musical instrument
Ukrainian терменвокс
  • терменвокс (termenvoks)electronic musical instrument
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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