gittern

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

guitarra

🎸

citole

Sinónimos

cither

cithern

citole

cittern

zither

zithern

Traducciones

guiterne

Quintern

μεσαιωνική κιθάρα

cistre

cítara

cithara

Etimología (Inglés)

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