Stradivarius

noun

Strad·​i·​var·​i·​us ˌstra-də-ˈver-ē-əs 

plural Stradivarii ˌstra-də-ˈver-ē-ˌī 

: a stringed instrument (such as a violin) made by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona

Examples of Stradivarius in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His life changes when his great-grandfather’s old fiddle is discovered to be a priceless, $10 million Stradivarius. — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026

Violinist Giovanni Andrea Zanon wore an Emporio Armani look while playing a 300-year-old Stradivarius. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 7 Feb. 2026

For more than fifteen years, Isserlis has been playing an eighteenth-century Stradivarius cello named the Marquis de Corberon, for the French aristocrat who once owned it. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026

In 1945, a rare Stradivarius violin was stolen from a Berlin bank during the chaotic end of World War II. — Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025

There’s the $3 million Stradivarius violin stolen from a New York City apartment in 1995, and the Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting taken in an armed robbery from a Houston home in 2011. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

latinized form of Stradivari

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Stradivarius

• aquarius
• cinereous
• gregarious
• hilarious
• malarious
• nefarious
• precarious
• vicarious
• carious
• scarious
• various
• multifarious