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ocarina

noun

oc·​a·​ri·​na ˌä-kə-ˈrē-nə How to pronounce ocarina (audio)
: a simple wind instrument typically having an oval body with finger holes and a projecting mouthpiece

Illustration of ocarina

Illustration of ocarina

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The singer looked like a true fairy goddess in a floral gown and spent a portion of the song playing the ocarina, an instrument Cowell told her to ditch after her initial audition. Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022 What do a certain mustachioed Italian plumber, an ocarina-playing elf in a green tunic and a gorilla wearing a necktie have in common with the works of classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 19 Feb. 2022 At dawn, she is awakened, also magically, with the wispy sound of an ocarina, and the final preparations begin. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022 Lee ran errands for Simon and Kirby, then in their twenties, entertaining or annoying them by playing the ocarina. J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021 Lee ran errands for Simon and Kirby, then in their twenties, entertaining or annoying them by playing the ocarina. J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021 Lee ran errands for Simon and Kirby, then in their twenties, entertaining or annoying them by playing the ocarina. J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021 Lee ran errands for Simon and Kirby, then in their twenties, entertaining or annoying them by playing the ocarina. J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021 Lee ran errands for Simon and Kirby, then in their twenties, entertaining or annoying them by playing the ocarina. J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Italian dialect, diminutive of oca goose, from Late Latin auca, ultimately from Latin avis bird — more at aviary

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ocarina was in 1877

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