gittern

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain.

Verb

To play on the gittern.

Konzepte

Quintern

Synonyme

cither

cithern

citole

cittern

zither

zithern

Übersetzungen

guiterne

cistre

μεσαιωνική κιθάρα

guitarra

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citole

cithara

cítara

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Old French guiterne, ultimately from Latin cithara. Doublet of cittern.