Viole (Fr.)
Viola.
Viole d'amour (Fr.) (d'ah-moor), Viola d'amore (It.) (d'ah-mo-reh). A variety of the viola with wire sympathetic strings in addition to the usual gut strings.
Violin, Violon (Fr.), Violino (It.), Fiddle, Geige (Ger.). The words "violin" and "fiddle" both come from the Latin vitula or fitula, a mediæval form of string instrument played with a bow. The violin has four strings, tuned as follows:- The strings are of gut, the lowest, or G string, covered with thin wire.