Definition of ocarina in English: ocarina
noun A small egg-shaped ceramic (especially terracotta) or metal wind instrument with holes for the fingers.
Example sentences
‘I got custody of the book, though he kept my hand-made ocarina.’ ‘‘Well, Luigi gave me this,’ said Clara, taking the ocarina out of her backpack.’ ‘On one box Elizabeth found an instrument resembling an ocarina.’ ‘They were like stone ocarinas with two handles.’ ‘Seiriô screamed, almost dropping his ocarina, and fell forward.’ ‘He had a small lyre strapped to his back, and a shining ocarina hanging from a cord around his neck.’ ‘It's called an ocarina, an ancient instrument.’ ‘He then saw something that caught his eye: An ocarina was on the ground.’ ‘What is Elgar's patented nobilmente doing beside the evocation of harmonicas and ocarinas?’ ‘The woodwind players are sometimes asked to play ocarinas, those strange lemon-shaped clay whistles with simple finger-holes all over them.’ ‘And his hobby of choice is playing the ocarina - not the most manly instrument going.’ ‘She looked out in the distance, breathed deeply and then pulled out her ocarina necklace.’ ‘Tennyson had borrowed Clara's ocarina and Melody was demonstrating some useful songs.’ ‘He wandered under the sign into the line behind a pair of female Boos who were arguing about which magical ocarina tune began with a minor seventh.’ ‘Will music and maybe use of an ocarina be used for anything in this Zelda game?’ ‘She pulled out her ocarina and softly blew a few notes.’ ‘She plays her ocarina and sits in the forest speaking of peace.’ ‘Eruûne closed his eyes, listening to the ocarina song, and fell asleep.’ ‘Combining the strengths of the giants along with a magical melody from Link's ocarina will yield a chance for the salvage of the world.’ ‘As an instrument, it's slightly more tuneful than an ocarina, but only slightly.’ Origin Late 19th century: from Italian, from oca ‘goose’ (from its shape).