hurdy-gurdy

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string.
2. Synonym of street organ, often considered a misnomer.
3. (California, US) A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
4. A winch, a windlass.

Adj

Sounding like the Swedish language.

Konzepte

Drehleier

Leierkasten

-n

-kästen

Drehorgel

Synonyme

barrel organ

hurdy gurdy

hand organ

grind organ

street organ

street-organ

wheel fiddle

carnival

Übersetzungen

pierement

🅰️

draaiorgel

ghironda

vielle à roue

sanfona

orgue de Barbarie

zanfoña

vielle á roue

draailier

gironda

realejo

viela

organillo

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈhɜː.diˌɡɜː.di/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Probably onomatopoeic in imitation of the sound produced by the stringed instrument. Compare obsolete hirdy-girdy (“an uproar; noise”). Attested from the 1740s.