gittern
pronunciation
How to pronounce gittern in British English:
UK ['gɪtɜ:n]
How to pronounce gittern in American English:
US ['gɪtɜn]
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- Noun:
- a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
Word Origin
- gittern (n.)
- old wire-strung instrument like a guitar, late 14c., from Old French guiterne, obscurely from Latin cithara, from Greek kithara (see guitar).