second violin

English

Noun

second violin (plural second violins)

1. The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violin's melody and generally less technically demanding; the violin that supplies this part, or (metonymically) the violinist who plays it.

   Hypernyms: violin; violinist (when the metonymic sense applies)

   Holonyms: string section < orchestra

   Comeronym: first violin

   Coordinate term: first violin

Related terms

• first violin
• second violinist
• violin

See also

• second fiddle; play second fiddle