gittern

(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.

Etimología (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

guitarra

🎸

citole

Sinónimos

cither

cithern

citole

cittern

zither

zithern

Traducciones

guiterne

Quintern

μεσαιωνική κιθάρα

cistre

cítara

cithara